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Wendy's avatar

I am so, so happy to be here. Just listened to someone read "Cocoon" out loud to me as I followed on the page -- oh, my gosh, wow -- loved it. Trying to burble onto my own pages as regularly as possible and grateful for the inspiration of "Cocoon" and this "newsletter." Dance on!

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Maurice Carlos Ruffin's avatar

Thank you for reading Cocoon. That story has a special place in my heart! Welcome to Sitting in Silence.

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Wendy's avatar

A quick question on the story, if you have a moment. The narrator tracks down Tyronne or visits the business, correct? The juxtaposition of "he didn't seem shocked" with "he invited me" leads me to this thought . . .

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Maurice Carlos Ruffin's avatar

Hi, Wendy, the Narrator goes to the old business and, apparent, "off-screen" they go to a client house together. Tyrone invites the Narrator inside. M^

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Wendy's avatar

Yup, with ya.

It is the word "moth" in the last line that initially stuck with me. Evoking both destructive holes in cloth and being drawn to a flame right away. As I said previously, wow.

(I grew up learning to sew by watching my mother do it for hours with her outer thigh pressing a metal loop of a bar on a small, old-fashioned machine to zipper things together.)

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Wendy's avatar

By the way, you have every right not to have replied to my question. But I very much appreciate that you did.

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