A Thimble of Light
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A Thimble of Light

Can We Cancel The Internet For A Minute, Please?

I miss a time before the internet, when we were bored.

We kicked our feet to the sky. We pumped and swung and screamed until our throats crackled from the hurt of it all. I remember the parks in Brooklyn — the rough gravel and rock, the tire swing and bodies covered in trash bags. Back then, the sky was our canopy and we held what we could in…

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Personal essays on mental illness, disconnection, rootlessness, and a desire to find our way home.

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