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There’s a girl somewhere with diamonds
in her eyes. And maybe it’s retinoblastoma,
but maybe it’s diamonds.
I am full of doubt.
I don’t think that will ever go away.
The leaves were brown and wet outside.
You were asleep beside me, smiling
in that way,
quietly
that makes it warmer in the morning.
The smack of rain on the sill,
unremarkable
and rhythmic.
It was a Wednesday.
You were designing a city
in your head, an autumn city
with brown leaves in the musty
corners of things, smelling
of wonderful blankets,
of chimney smoke and pine.
And you were sure, of everything.
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Albert, T. Certainty. J Med Humanit 32, 367 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-011-9159-z
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