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Seventies Gold
IN WHICH A young girl turns her inner pain into twisted acts of love.
Aunt Steve
IN WHICH A stacked, blonde ski bum moves to San Francisco to wash the feet of the homeless with her tears.
The Recipient
IN WHICH A guy sits in his office and refuses to answer his phone. You know who is calling.
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In China, “no” is expressed differently, if at all. A healthy person might wear a surgical mask to ride a bicycle. In the supermarket, the chickens are stacked up without packaging, headless, naked, and exposed in a pile on a pallet. Construction workers camp out like cowboys at worksites. Buildings lie down and get up again quickly like unwilling animals. Apartments have back doors for servants.
I was only there for three days, so I will stop.