The Wife Who Waved Until She Thought I Couldn't See
From the last car of the troop train I watched my wife wave until she thought I couldn't see her anymore. Then she turne...
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The Hurricane Sent Me Home Two Days Early
The hurricane warning sent me home from the rig two days early.
My brother was in my bed, with the ceiling fan turning over him.
My wife pulled the sheet up with both hands.
He smiled at me the way he'd smiled since we were kids, every time he broke something of mine.
"Go on and hit me, Alcide. You never have."
Before daylight the Gulf of Mexico was in that room.
By breakfast time he was on the end of my rope, and I could not have told you what I was going to do.
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