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My Friend Died of Cancer, but Lives in Moss

I’d been walking alone in the Maine woods six months after she died when someone rushed up behind me.

uhuh

Chondrus crispus

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Pinx

knew.

This is crazy. Why the moss?Make it crazier. Make it shocking.

thing

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I’ve been nauseated, but I think I’ll drink tonight. If I can’t drink at a writers’ conference, when can I?

I’m so sick of all the cancer glory. Cancer hasn’t made me a better person! I was a good person before cancer! I just want it to go away so I can be like I already was.