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Recent posts
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Thank You For Your Outrage
I began yesterday with outrage from my favorite person. I was in the shower, somewhere mid-shampoo. The hot water from above filled me with that sound of being submerged. The water muffled Pete’s voice. I removed myself from the shower head. “I can’t hear you!” I said. From the other room, Pete was saying something…
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Home Country Void
I have had home “home” on my mind. I confess this might have something to do with a screening of Black Panther I attended over the weekend, with the greenery and music and female-forward utopia evoking a sense of belonging, pulling at each and every one of my predictable heart strings. I felt good in…
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Initial Observations
I’ve been running. A half-life ago, this described with absolute precision my general state at any given moment. Running was my preferred activity and runner my proudest identity. Teenage interests harbored by more normal kids were lost on me. Party at Lauren’s, parents out of town! I would have opted for a ten-miler followed by…
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I Do Not Approve
There is a leak in our apartment. It’s in our living room, to be exact, right above the dinner table. The leak turned a spot of ceiling above my seat at the table a shade of dark blue, as if the plaster were being bruised. It was difficult getting a contractor here, with the whole…
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Benevolence
I longed for acceptance, and I suspect this was age-appropriate. I understood, even at the time, that fitting in, for me, would involve a special effort. My peers belonged by way of birthright. For them, belonging was a given. It all starts with language, doesn’t it? Mine betrayed me at the first word. The Spanish…
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