It was as if his eye were an ear and a crackle went through it each time he shot a look at the accordion. ... The notes fell, biting and sharp; it seemed the tooth that bit was hollowed with pain.

Most don't particularly care about your writing or what you're trying to say. Her maternal forebears came to America fifteen years after the Mayflower in 1635. Henry Awards Prize Stories 1999
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