The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Toast]

Neither of the heroes (Twist nor Del Mar) eschews sex with women; instead, they simply assert that they prefer sex with each other.     Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt

[southendmd]

"...trust in me, I'll never falter or fail" from the lovely song "A Love That Will Never Grow Old".

[Fran]

Ennis "has outgrown his faded cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap."  [screenplay]

[Toast]

"A heartbreaking story of working-class people, men and women, trying to make a living, trying to do the right thing, imprisoned by limited options, prejudice and fear."        People's Weekly World

[southendmd]

OMT (Old Man Twist) was an ill-tempered coot.

[Mikaela]

The callously stamped word "deceased" on the postcard hit Ennis like a javelin through the heart.

[Fran]

The slit or notch Ennis made on the branch with the saw is known as a kerf.

[southendmd]

"Just the smile in your eyes, it can light up the night. And your laughter's like wind in my sails" from "A Love That Will Never Grow Old".
Yes, I like this song.

=aside=
Boy, we have the wind in our sails today!

[Mikaela]

“They could hear the river muttering  and making a distant train sound a long way off.”
(From the short story)

[Toast]

Alma Jr. looks around the nearly-empty trailer, an homage to plains life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove.     [screenplay]