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Gerbils: A Love Story
Gerbils: A Love Story Rodent dreams. Little ears and walrus whiskers. I can’t stop watching videos of capybaras soaking in Japanese hot springs. They’re like giant gerbils, and they seem so peaceful and wise. But I notice that the tourists petting them avoid the belly, even when they flip over and stretch seductively. Anyone…
X-Ray
X-Ray The story of that night could be summed up in two lines: “Life had flipped. This was the X-ray.” The Daisy she had been up until that moment disappeared. Someone new took her place, someone fearful and disappointed in the world, and over the years that fear and disappointment had grown. She looked…