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作曲 : Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) |
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In the infancy of our relationship, |
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when we were almost exclusively hanging out |
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together with friends, |
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Cathy and I went to St. John's Applefest |
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It was held every fall in the parking lot of the Catholic church |
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I had attended as a youth, |
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converting the quarter-mile of parish grounds into a second-rate carnival |
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full of cheap thrills and poorly-maintained rides |
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We meandered through the crowds |
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like tourists, |
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eventually ending up at the pirate ship at the far end of the fair |
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(A mechanical boat that rose into the sky, |
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then swooped back down in the other direction like a swallow diving for insects) |
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Cathy was nervous and began to fidget, |
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refusing to get in line before our friends |
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and I talked her into going |
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When the ride started, |
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any romantic idea I had of holding hands or an embrace |
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was quickly abandoned when I saw the white-knuckled grip on the safety rail |
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like she feared for her life |
