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(We stood there together...)
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We stood there together, lost in our simple world of water and lights. “Beauty…” he said, and that was all that was spoken. I understood what he understood, and that’s all that was needed.

We just stood there, watching the lights of the party bouncing off the still calm waters of the wide Mississippi, for what felt like a timeless eternity. One of those moments you feel like you are exactly what it is you need to be a man, a child, a friend and an enemy, all at the same time. You put everything into focus in the sight of those shimmering lights. But the river carried us downstream. Further downstream.