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Waste not want not

19 July 2024

2:10 AM

19 July 2024

2:10 AM

Alexandria, Virginia 

I sit on bathtub’s edge, back spasming, left leg numb, inner cheek bitten raw — pain that must be endured if I am to triumph over fatherly futility. #5 is only twenty months old but understands that in a household of eight people the toilet is the optimal, if not the only, place for contemplation.

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