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Single Life #1: The Sentimental | Amy Groshek She worries about her job enough and the thoughts of sex go away. A part of her knows this is cheating. You can probably guess which part. She falls asleep with the cat in her arms. She gets up in the morning and dresses and eats. There’s nothing missing from her apartment— nothing at all. That’s what hurts, that life could care less, that there’s no misplaced shoe or glasses case marked “love.” Not a climbing path through pleasure and pain but a brown tub of plaster. You put your handprint on the surface and it sets. Eating...> Eating.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0
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