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She Called It a Distinguished Affliction
by Joshua Vigil Julien Tromeur She thought maybe I’d contracted the disease on the plane. Planes were so stuffy, Margot said. The people so sick and leaky. I have a tailbone issue, she said, that I’m sure I got from some wild bacteria in the air. It’s like how cucumbers are sixteen inches nowadays. Bacteria sticks! We were at work — we scooped up the trash inside airplanes between flights — when the captain interrupted. I’ll show you sixteen inches, he said, pumping his pelvi
Nov 1, 20244 min read
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