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Seven

Seven

It's that country near the bottom of the Earth, the one that only comes up in the news when we owe someone else billions or when people find out our president's son is a drag queen which is genuinely one of our greatest and only sources of pride.

Litterbug

Litterbug

Sea otters shivering, succumbing to the cold without the properties of their insulating fur, lifeless paws slipping from each other’s grasp. Dolphins scattered, bursting like smooth grey fireworks away from the foul stench that permeated the water.

Maybe a Butterfly Will Sit on Us

Maybe a Butterfly Will Sit on Us

But every day we also hoped something would change, that our Mortuary House would have dainty laced curtains and a round table in the center draped in white table cloth.

My Neighbor Likes to Kill Himself with Guns

My Neighbor Likes to Kill Himself with Guns

CW: Mentions of Suicide

Today, We Are Making Gazpacho

Today, We Are Making Gazpacho

There is almost no reason to make gazpacho at any other time of the year. Try to make this with winter grocery store tomatoes and it’ll be like drinking a Michelob Ultra instead of an actual beer.

Support Group for Miracle Survivors

Support Group for Miracle Survivors

There were sympathetic yawns; everyone had heard all this before.

The Sara Chain Letter

The Sara Chain Letter

A bunch of text, on a forum post or in an email, telling the reader they had four minutes to send the letter to ten people or else they would drop dead in a week. And other multitudinous variations.