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Readers Write
Readers Write
Losing Weight
Filing for divorce, buying a skirt that ended above the knees, getting a stomach-stapling operation
October 2000Readers Write
Disguises
A black wig, four long red marks spaced like fingers, a black polyester shirt with white polka dots
September 2000Readers Write
Happiness
Ground zero, fuzzy kittens, the most beautiful roundhouse right punch
August 2000Readers Write
Midnight
The thin wall between this world and the next, midnight letters, warm milk and molasses
May 2000Readers Write
Crimes And Misdemeanors
A partner in crime, Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, a double-dog dare
April 2000Readers Write
Strange Places
A toilet paper roll, a tiny red metal bicycle, an out-of-body experience
February 2000
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