| 1 | The evening glow is just like a painting. | |
| 2 | Some infinitives seem to improve on being split, just as a stick of round stovewood does. | |
| 3 | Proof that she and the boy were who they said they were. A mother and son. | |
| 4 | She set her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal . | |
| 5 | But most importantly, I have had to learn how to wait, listen, and follow, as in the essay above. |