One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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  Brad Simkulet

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  Sensual

  I want to appreciate life the way Ivan Denisovich Shukov does.
  
  I want to take pride in my work; I want to taste every bite of sausage, suck the marrow out of every fish bone, enjoy every puff of every cigarette, bask in a sunset, watch the moon cross the sky, fall asleep content; I want focus on the necessities of living, but I have too much. It's not much compared to most everyone I know, but it is still too much.
  
  And because it is too much I can't appreciate life the way Ivan Denisovich Shukov does. Reading about it is not enough, but right now it is what I have.
  
  I'll keep trying.

  4 months ago

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