Dad slept half-fetal in the chair. A disorientated newspaper lay below his dangling arm, on it, his watch showed 2:04 am. The room was cold, causing me to dig into the white sheets.
Must have read himself to sleep again.
In front of him laid me, covered in hospital gowns and connected…
The Lovers of Valdaro.
Believed to be no older than twenty years of age when death occurred.
Over 5,000 years old.
Locked in an eternal embrace.
Tragically, their story is unknown.
Ironically, they were found in the city of Mantua. In Italy.
The city Shakespeare chose to set the story of Romeo & Juliet.
When I console my best friends, I’m like:
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