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Notes on demons (Long swims in the river)

Kelly Schirmann
Jul 21, 2023
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It took a week to calm down a little—to hit the edge of an ambient feeling of stress, decompressing people call it, or just working to convince your body that there’s no need to brace itself in anticipation of a crisis, or an email notification, or both. I spent all week, that first post-job week, wanting more than anything to make lists of what I had…

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