Grandmother:
You looked at me and saw my mother’s face. We thought old age meant occasional slips— back then, we didn’t […]
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Mummies
When children ask if it’s frightening
when they come alive, I tell them yes,
of course it is, it’s absolutely terrifying
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How to Pray
Bless the unglamorous panties crusted with blood, the smear of lotion around the bottle’s cap. Bless the discount bubble bath
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The Non-Euclidean Universe
A line that looks dead straight can be an arc like the horizon when you’re out at sea. True distance
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Tohoku Ghost Stories
We remembered the old ghost stories, and we told one another that there would be many new stories like that.
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Turing Test
What’s the difference between a box of sparks that talks and a bag of water that talks? Words pour into