{"product_id":"randy-simmons-her-last-breath-exploded-like-fireworks-in-a-cold-january-sky-2024","title":"RANDY SIMMONS  Her Last Breath Exploded Like Fireworks in a Cold January Sky, 2024","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW236855559 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW216707332 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003eRANDY SIMMONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003eHer Last Breath Exploded Like Fireworks in a Cold January Sky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv 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And it was off now like the tv in the corner had been the whole time. Larry had been with her for her last breath. We had been expecting it. He knew when he heard it and called me. But I\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003ehad arrived\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etoo late. She was\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003ewarm still\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand I wondered where she was on this last incredible trip. Could she hear our goodbyes?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101651126 BCX0\"\u003eWhen I started this piece, I wanted it to be about the experience of dying and the last exhale drawn in a beautiful way. This work was entirely improvised in direction and composition. 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