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I thought of my Girl and Ship paintings and...
10:28 PM, Monday, May 3, 2010
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I thought of my Girl and Ship paintings and knew
that was the truth
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"But even before the Mister rung the high sheriff
on the s'change to say his twins was missin and
probably drownded, Perse done spoke to LibbitAn' Libbit tole Nanny
The doll slumped, its round cookie-face seeming to
study the heart-shaped box from which it had been
exhumed
"Told her what, Noveen?" Wireman asked"I don't
understand
Noveen said nothingJack, I thought, looked
exhausted even though he hadn't moved at all
I answered for Noveen"Perse said, 'Try to get
rid of me again and the twins are just the
beginningTry again and I'll take your whole
family, one by one, and save you for last' Isn't
that right?"
Jack's fingers flexedNoveen's rag head nodded
slowly up and down
Wireman licked his lips
"Exactly whose ghost is it?"
"There are no ghosts here, black chanel quilted bag Wireman," I said
"I don't know what he's been doing, amigo, but
he's done," Wireman said
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"Yes, but we're not I reached for the doll - the
one that had gone everywhere with the child artist
And as I did, Noveen spoke to me for the last time,
in a voice that was half hers and half Jack's, as
if both of them were struggling to come through at
the same time
"Nuh-uh, not dat hand - you need dat hand to draw
wit'
And so I reached out the arm I used to lift Monica
Goldstein's dying dog out of the street six months
ago, in another life and universeI used that
hand to grasp Elizabeth Eastlake's doll and lift
it off Jack's knee
"Edgar?" Jack said, straightening up"Edgar, how
in hell did you get your-"
- arm back, I suppose he said, but I don't know
for sure; I didn't hear the finishWhat I saw
were those black eyes and that black maw of d
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