Written by D. Oettinger, this performance by Helen Sventitsky is different from any version we'd recorded --& is better

An instrumental from We Closed

About a less costly time.

I watched as she walked back across the border. There was no one waiting to question her. she turned back to look at me from the other side of the fence. I couldn't decide which side of the wall I was on. Goodbye my Penelope.

The darkness was all encoumpassing in the west fork of Oak Creek Canyon. The party cougar visited us that first night. He drank all of our whiskey and stole all of our women. The party cougar cares only about himself.

walter had just turned 71. He had made his fortune through his robot factory. His favorite had been the one created that he called Bobby. He was one of a kind. 'Bobby, be a friend and make an old man happy. My eyes are growing dim. Take me to…

The e-mail was quick in explaining all details. They had married as soon as he found out he was being shipped out. They had less than a month together. She explained that his father had pushed him towards military service. That he was told that…

I looked around at the dark store fronts as we made the long trek back to her car. It was errie. was thos really going to happen again? As we approached her car my heart was pounding against my ribcage. I led her towards the backseat and kissed…

'All dinosaurs for all time will know of your shame. They will tell stories of your transgressions. They will tell their children of your sins but from this point on, no one will ever speak your name again.' With that, the giant stone was rolled…

she turned to me and asked in her broken english, 'How old are you?' '25' She made a motion of a plane taking off with her hand. 'Your plane has already left'