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Communal care is collective survival (opens the original)
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I wake up in the middle of the night, sweaty, dehydrated, nauseous, then ill. I stumble out of bed, urgently throwing one right-footed sandal on my left foot and one of Will’s Crocs on my right foot—whatever I could grab the fastest, it didn’t matter. I rush out the front door and barely make it past the cabin deck before my upper body leans itself over the ledge. I cry out to Will for help. He wakes up startled and immediately brings me water, tissues, and a garbage bin; he offers his patient,
Poetry reading & open mic Monday 8/24 (opens the original)
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New chapters, big milestones (opens the original)
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