I always say good-bye, and stay

Stacy Hardy

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A couple on a bench in Battery Park, Manhattan. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)

Small love. Big love. Skinny love. Toni Morrison’s “love is or love ain’t, thin love ain’t love at all”. Early in the morning love. Love and honour your parents love. Love at the ends of its tether. “I can’t do this anymore” love. Here Stacey Hardy considers being distanced from a lover.

WARNING: This article contains adult content, strong language and depictions of nudity and acts of sex.

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