Jacob Lawrence, The Lovers (1946)

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When the truth, I think, lies closer to these:

She fell into a dark period in life which forced her to focus on her own concerns. This is outside the selfish definition of friendship at the basis of all these relationships: that only one of us is allowed concerns
The well was dry: there was nothing left to siphon from her
She was exerting a measure of independence, that is, was behaving intolerably

These could be entirely wrong. I don't care. Whatever the basis, it was a reprehensible thing to do.

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