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Jill Kolongowski
Jill Kolongowski swore she would never be a teacher or live in California. Now she happily does both. She writes the newsletter Tiny True Stories.
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
Tart
After the massage I take myself to lunch. I eat a passion fruit tart. It’s delicious—sour and sweet both in perfect balance. Its perfection makes me angry. The filling is bright yellow. I watch my fork pick up the yellow and the crumbs. I am too focused on this tart. I wonder if I have been worrying so much that the worry muscles in my brain are now broken, permanently sharpened to a point of attention that is useless now, an ambulance siren for no one.
March 2025
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