Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing. Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing. Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing. Every year the water takes a little more of the pier and gives back exactly one thing.
She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that. She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that. She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that. She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that.
He hadn't sounded it in years. He wasn't sure it still worked. He tried anyway. He hadn't sounded it in years. He wasn't sure it still worked. He tried anyway. He hadn't sounded it in years. He wasn't sure it still worked. He tried anyway. He hadn't sounded it in years. He wasn't sure it still worked. He tried anyway.
| hero | A boy who collects other people's forgotten birthdays |
|---|---|
| villain | his own memory |
| goal | remember his mother's |