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part two: love stories - by Helena Fitzgerald - Griefbacon

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bodies in the future tense

everybody else’s stories lit up all night all across the backyard Several months ago, I started writing a version of this essay. It got extremely long and thorny, several life events occurred and tried to be part of the essay, it got even longer, I kind of lost control of the whole thing, and here we are. I love a maximalist personal narrative, but the draft I have now is certainly too long for a single newsletter, and trying to edit it down and clarify the ideas in it began in the last few weeks to feel a little bit like Penelope staying up late weaving that shroud. So I’m bringing back…

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