Paying in Time
The contempt the place exuded for the people inside it felt physical, hanging in the air like humidity.
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Posts Tagged: infant
Losing the World
When we begin life, language is play.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: She Hated the Child
She didn’t want anything to change. She understood it would be easier if she loved the child. But she did not want to love it.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Kill Shot
1964, a month prior to the anniversary of JFK’s assassination, a different home movie shot. Infant toss. Up-down. Plummeting. I’m ten months of age—picking up speed.
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