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A convoy of military vehicles is heading into the city as we are heading out.
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Uzma accepts my invitation for dinner.
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I'm in love with Uzma Goef, a beautiful young woman less than half my age.
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Her clothing style varies from grunge to glamor and . . . she always looks good.
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Don reports everything to Uzma and Rasheed, I'm aware of that. It doesn't bother me. I'm not hiding anything from them or anyone else.
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Don and I return to Rasheed's room on the top floor of the middle house where Uzma sits waiting to speak her piece. I'm feeling blessed listening to their enthusiastic chatter. It's like the world is opening up to me again, allowing me to experience a rush of…
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Luv walks around touching everything with her little hands. Uzma follows behind her, talking sweetly, saying: "This is going to be your new home for a while, darling."
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Uzma dashes up the stairs ahead of me . . .
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In the darkness, as I awaken, an orange glowing 3:45 greets me . . .
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"Every generation is a new generation, isn't it? What's so different about your generation?"
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I'm fascinated by Don's evolution . . .
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I'm using a 16mm motion picture camera with sound on film, equipped with a magazine holding six hundred feet, giving me approximately fifteen minutes of continuous shooting. Uzma has changed her cloths again. She's dressed for working in the garden, wearing a white…
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My relationship with Uzma exists on several levels, from basic to abstract, from animal magnetism to spiritual journey.
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Everybody needs a flaw or two. It builds character.
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Rasheed changes his mind about working for me. He can't bring himself to break with Uzma. The bond between them is too strong. I admire his loyalty, to her and to her parents. Don turns out to be my most reliable ally. Plus, he brings a ragtag security force with…
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I experience a presence when walking through the forest . . .
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" . . . it's overcast with scattered rain along the Wabash River as I approach the federal correctional complex . . . "
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Blue skies greet us as we exit the forest . . .
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" . . . with twinges of dread and pangs guilt, I worry . . . "
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The outside world will intrude . . .
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Warning: reader beware, there's sex in the air.
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I'm old enough to be her father.
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Nobody looks for Gina between the hours of four and five. Her father is on swing shift for the rest of the summer; his two o'clock- dinner plates are soaking in a sinkful of scummy water. Her mother is fanning herself in the shade of the wisteria, most of her…
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I used to charm you,
hold you in my hand.
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