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howardtsu
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0 posted 2008-01-07 06:54 PM



                              her birthday wasn’t  the first day

                              we drunk her thirst away

                                    [Howard opens the trunk]

michael :

                              so what happened next?

howard :

                              well, I had to rehearse a way to say

                                                    i love you

michael :

                              and did you?

                                             [Howard nods]

                              top or bottom?

                                                    top

                              Howard jumps onto the bottom bunk bed

michael :

                             and then?

                             [Howard’s thoughts reversed to the day she sold him]

Howard :

                             she  was wed

                                    [staring at the poster overhead]

michael :

                             but i thought you were her pumpkin bread



                             the room becomes quiet except for :



                                       "what you talkin' bout'  Willis?"

                                               [audience laughs]



                               Michael considers asking again but instead .....

                               say, did you catch Kobe’s slam dunk on Sportcenter

howard :

                                [still immersed in the way he conversated to her everyday]

                               huh?

                               yeah, i almost flunked

                               hopefully i'll do better next semester

michael :

                                             [shaking his head]

                                 Howard, you may not have come in first

                                   but you’re by far the worst

                                             at saying goodbye



                                                                                                     love,

                                                                                                     michael

                                                                                                     to my big brother

Howard                                                                            





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Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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1 posted 2008-01-07 08:31 PM


wonderful Howard, just wonderful! love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

howardtsu
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2 posted 2008-01-08 07:01 PM


thanks roniece  
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