I felt like I'd unzipped my skin and momentarily stepped out of it, leaving a crazy person in charge
("The Secret Life of Bees")
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As I squatted on the grass at the edge of the woods, the pee felt hot between my legs. I watched in puddle in the dirt, the smell of it rising into the night. There was no difference between my piss and June's. That's what i thought when I looked at the dark circle on the ground. Piss is Piss.
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Loss takes up inside of everything sooner or later and eats right through it.
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