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Past Lives

Every weekend, she went to the city & looked through the bones of the dead for old clothes & bits of fashion jewelry. She always seemed a bit tattered, but I didn’t say much about it. I was still young & hadn’t settled on a past I was comfortable with yet either.

Past Vegetarians

I had vegetarians in my past, she said, but they’re gone now and I’m a lot happier.

Ghosts of the Past

I’d probably have more trouble with the ghosts of the past, she said, if my memory wasn’t shot to hell.

Future Lives

Anybody can make up past lives, she said. The real trick is to make up future lives & not forget you did it.