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“As a proponent of transparency, especially one who stands in opposition to the demonization of feeling, I can’t—I won’t—use the word anymore.”
This story was funded by our members. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers. Joseph Lezza | I’m Never Fine: Scenes and Spasms on Loss | March 30, 2023 | 22 minutes (4,014 words) Ask me how I am. Go ahead. Ask. But only if you’re interested. Trust me, I know what it’s like to put forth that question with the expectation of a concise, if not ambiguous, response, which I would plan to use as a segue into the real reason behind any one conversation. Often, that’s just what I’d get. After which, I’d springboard faster than an Olympic diver. It’s gotten to be that our inquiries into the
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