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'Why Is This Fool My Home?'

'Why Is This Fool My Home?'

He's not. A home is permanent, and this fool is temporary.

Heather Havrilesky
Aug 02, 2023
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Untitled (Flower Form) (1966) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

Greetings and let me preface my dumb problem by thanking you for your unflinching honesty and rawness which I have appreciated for years.

I have been spending a lot of time with my friend John since moving back to my hometown a year and a half ago. He and I met when we were 14 and have had a dram…

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