Life Litter

Life Litter

awkward T R A V E L S📍

California interlude

An unavoidably bad day and catching a ride with the world's most boring human.

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Jill
Jan 28, 2023
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two brown deer beside trees and mountain
Photo by Johannes Andersson on Unsplash

I unwind my mind. Trim flaps of superfluous scraps like fat from muscle, bleed the crevasses dry and pan the glimmering nougat dry creek river bed underneath. Use a sieve and a hounds-tooth comb. Press the crumbs into some discernible shape and leave them to dry, to age, to ferment under a harsh light.

When the cracks show up, I squeeze them tight again.

Time travel and it’s thirteen years ago, early Spring 2010:

I am 24, living in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

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