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      <image:caption>The Carolina Quarterly, 2017, Issue 66.3 My sister is good at her job. She made shedding objects feel great.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>iō Literary Journal, 2023 Is this okay? Yes, all fruit and vegetable touching is allowed. Take your time in the aisles. Deliberate over your next toothbrush. The rules have been relaxed.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Saint Ann’s Review, 2018 Bobby Schmidt was so scrawny. Janet biked past him each day on her way home from school, and she noticed it every time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Columbia Journal, 2018 For the mix that fed the midwest, the journey from chunk to hamburger took about 10 minutes. Jay, on the other hand, spent two hours a night in the machine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Another Chicago Magazine, 2018 We don’t get along because we’re always fighting for a spot near the air pump.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Beloit Fiction Journal, 2021 At the start, Dave did most of the physical work. When I met the other farm wives, they told me that would change soon enough. “Everyone has to wear the overalls,” said a woman named Margaret. She was in town to buy a pitchfork.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lindenwood Review, 2022 “Did you ever learn any tricks?” asked Thalia, blowing a crumb of cake from her lip to the tabletop along with the question. She was clearly glad to have an opportunity to talk more about the video.</image:caption>
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