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« on: December 08, 2009, 07:50:37 pm »
With a Palencar picture as beautiful as the words.

http://www.tor.com.vhost.zerolag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=story&id=58444
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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2009, 11:56:58 pm »
That story is just MADE of awesome.
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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2009, 08:58:36 am »
I love love love this story! The ambiguity at the end, the sheer longing that comes through . . . Lovely.
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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2009, 09:24:30 am »
Ooh, strange. Good strange, of course, but still...

My brain is now trying to bend itself around the story until my viewpoint makes sense. This may take a while  Grin.
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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2009, 01:48:17 pm »
What I took away from this story: Being HIV-positive isn't just having a disease.  It's being toxic.

It reminds me of a quote a friend used for a paper once: that AIDS patients had forgotten what it was like to experience a simple human touch.  Because people were afraid to touch them.  Back in the 80's, that was.  But that quote and this story give me the same insight to that point of view...
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« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2009, 03:06:18 pm »
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