I’m The Rotting Cabbage On Your Windowsill, And I’m Begging You To Stop Pretending You’re A…

I’m The Rotting Cabbage On Your Windowsill, And I’m Begging You To Stop Pretending You’re A Gardener
As a brassica, I must tell you the truth, however uncomfortable.
Audrey Burges
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Jun 21, 2020
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I don’t belong in a jar. (Photo credit: Audrey Burges)It’s time to accept that defeat smells like decaying brassica.
When you cored me out a few weeks ago and plunked me in front of this kitchen window, I thought you…
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Written by Audrey Burges
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Author, THE MINISCULE MANSION OF MYRA MALONE (Berkley 2023); work in McSweeney’s, Belladonna, Slackjaw, & elsewhere. Twitter: @audrey_burges; audreyburges.com.
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