“ He ran lengths of string between the pole and the sticks, and taped to the string letters of apology, admissions of error, pleas for understanding, all written in a frantic hand on index cards. He painted a sign saying LOVE and hung it from the pole and another that said FORGIVE? and then he died in the hall with the radio on and we sold the house to a young couple who yanked out the pole and the sticks and left them by the road on garbage day.

George Saunder, Sticks

Read the full story here. It’s amazing; only two paragraphs yet it encapsulates a life.

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posted : Friday, December 10th, 2010

tags : george_saunders short_stories sticks fiction reblog

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