…In a town
east
of
east of the Gold Rush
made of old
dry wood
Pahn
and Jim Carrey
wander about the town
with Sehrahahl
Jim leaves for a while
and Pahn finds Sehrahahl
in small rooms
and
closets
and when they meet
they hold each other…
…After a while
Jim comes back
and Pahn knows Sehrahahl belongs
with him
so Pahn tells her to go with him
and they hug goodbye
Pahn feels devastated
short of breath
hurt
bereaved
Pahn walks around the hotel
finding pocket change
in all the rooms
finally gold dollars
from the 19th century
and around
the corner
outside
he finds a purse
fallen open
with papers sliding out
Pahn begins to look at the papers
hoping to find out how long
it may have been there
but he decides
he’d better not touch anything
in case the woman has been kidnapped
and the purse might have
fingerprints
or other evidence
He goes away to get help
then returns
but he never finds out
what happened
to the purse’s owner
When Pahn begins to wake up
he realizes
that the feeling of loss
when he left
Sehrahahl—
the way it made his body feel
was the same as how
often he feels
when he wakes up
in the morning
And this is a revelation to him
that the pain
of loss resides permanently
in his body
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