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Bob Heman


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Snatches the birds from the air and the ferns from the forest. Snatches the man and the woman from their embrace and places them on the map where they will be required to stay. Their actions only an approximation of the descriptions in the book.



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Once he puts on the gloves he is just as guilty.



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The gesture meant to disturb them, the way a giraffe disturbs a picnic, or a woman disturbs the sea. Each time the man is removed the room becomes smaller. Each man who is counted only a shadow of a woman.



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Uses watches to measure the distance the water must travel, and a shovel to reclaim the bodies of the angels. What they were told was never true. The machine was able to help them, even inside of the forest or fire, even after the air had been replaced. It was a different kind of machine that had never been described.



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Half of what was written pointed in the wrong direction.



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The paint will cover all of the mistakes, and the music the desires of your own whispering heart.



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What they were told was forgotten once the body hit the pavement. The puzzle would never be completed because there was always a piece missing. The giraffe was no different than the snail in their descriptions. Instead of the word “pause” they were required to repeat the next word they heard.



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Has to listen more than once in order to understand. Each listener a different kind of mirror that needs to be polished occasionally.



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What were we supposed to think when we saw the clue? It was revealed to us intentionally, the same way the adjectives had been removed before we were allowed to see the letter.



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One must carefully embrace the angels, lest they be soiled by our earthly griefs. The other precautions we are given never as clearly understood.



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Uses electricity as if it were her own discovery. Calls the giraffe by the name of the zebra and the candle by the name of the daffodil. Will not use her fingers to count with, but only to eat what is placed before her. Her name an accident the replica does not recognize.





The Last Way Station



Bob Heman's collages have appeared recently on the covers of books by Alex Caldiero, Cathyann Cusimano, Howie Good, and the late Harry Crosby.
 
 
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