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The Heart is the Least like Soap

With the bear, you can tell. But the heart is the least like soap. Red and lacquered, it could be plastic—a doll’s heart maybe, perfect…

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Jumper

I was walking downtown this afternoon to get some coffee, but instead I got a guy on a parking garage. Everyone stopped to gawk and…

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For Tourists Such As Yourself

Poland loves you, but you never come to Poland. Why is that? We are a big nation. We contain mindful, thriving people. We’ve become safe…

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Wood Swallows

Amy Brown’s mother was the bus driver, and so to get to her birthday party all the girls had to do was stay on the…

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God

[Oprah, do you remember when you rescued the child from his life of raising sheep? when you snatched his overalls and ceased his convulsions on…

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Attributes of Baking Soda

Baking soda absorbs odors. It can be used, thus, as a deodorant. Also: as toothpaste. A poultice of baking soda removes freckles. Baking soda cures…

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Self-Starter

His parents were quiet about it. Slick as Crisco, belly buttons bobbing up against each other the way I’d pictured Oreos getting made. We stood…

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Apology + Opportunity

Tommy, Janna, I’m going to stop you right there. Now when I say the feelings you’re describing are exceptional, I mean nuke the moon. Your…

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Monkeys

I’m sitting in a movie theater and I’ve got a one on my right and a one on my left. God I’m in love. He…

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A Hollow Ball Back and Forth

Amy Ping wanted to kill herself. Lily Pong wanted to get born again. Such were the disparities in life; that they were touring China together…

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