Objects of Affection
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I Sought a Good-Luck Charm to Write. I Found My Body Instead
To choose an omamori is to cast a wish.
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A Key Ring Returns Me Home
By chance, I’d taken up her keys, the keys of my childhood.
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Shaping Butter Helps Me Feel Everything
What I mean is, butter puts me in my body.
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How to Ground Your Body With a Combination Square
I couldn’t deny my aches and pains and eating disorder; after a while, it became too exhausting.
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What a Seashell Souvenir Tells Me About Loss
Selfishly, as a writer, I’m also worried about the seasons to come.
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Finding Gender in a Razor
Shaving with it was more seductive than expected.