Cold 4:00 AM ; November; December; Tires; Gravel; Quiet Industrial Park; Grey Morning; \u201cstrokes\u2019ll get ya\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wonder if Kurt was thinking about it on his way to work that day; Maybe even the night before; I wonder if he dreamed about it and that\u2019s why he remembered his brother-in-law; I never worked directly with Kurt; \u201cstrokes\u2019ll get ya\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do people his age have friends; He\u2019s a Yankees fan; Why\u2019d we never talk about that; I could\u2019ve talked about that; Why not talk about that; I don\u2019t think my dad has friends either; Maybe people that age just don\u2019t hang out; \u201cstrokes\u2019ll get ya\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did he think he’d tell me about that thanksgiving; about his family having a good holiday; hanging the coats of his shivering family entering a warm foyer; About the smell of turkey; The buttered mashed potatoes; The Jet\u2019s game; \u201cstrokes\u2019ll get ya\u201d;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did he wake up at 3:30am and think, I need to tell Benji about him; Did it just abruptly come to his mind; Did he think to tell me about the abrupt ending of his brother-in-law\u2019s speech; slack-jaw; cryptic mumbles; alone; just him; among his family; friends; just him; The smell of turkey; the buttered mashed potatoes; The Jet\u2019s game; All on the table or the TV; non-verbal brother; paused Holiday; Did he think about his warning before he told me; \u201cstokes\u2019ll get ya\u201d;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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