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Coming Out of the Closet (As Superstitious) (opens the original)
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I didn’t spend much time with many of my friends this summer; most of them were too busy navigating their own personal hells. In the midst of untangling ourselves from our individual webs, we’d find a brief moment to lodge ourselves into the corner booth of the bar for extended conversation.The larger consensus in my social circle: it was a Weird Summer. When asked about my recent chain of events, I’d sigh, “this summer has been crazy. Or maybe, my entire life has been crazy, and it’s finally ca
Becoming What I Loathed in Paris (opens the original)
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I wept on my last night in Paris on the steps of Montmartre. Not because my love missed his flight, but because I would have surrendered my own metamorphosis if he had joined as planned.Two years prior, I scorned those who booked summer flights abroad. I envisioned clusters of Americans dining at European bistros, still distracted by Slack notifications instead of smoking cigarettes, refusing to set an out of office reply.1 Meanwhile, I pictured my apartment in disrepair if I departed. I assumed
Luckily You Can Still Ride the Train in America (opens the original)
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I sat on a bench in the shade journaling outside of the Amtrak station, where branches kept falling and hitting my head. I finally felt calm amidst fresh air, after overpowering sensations of divine timing while riding the train. I read the entirety of Água Viva by Clarice Lispector, the shadows hitting the pages effortlessly. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEVv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.
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