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“I need an ambulance, we found a baby in a ditch.”

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You lose her. In the vortex of guttered water, her tangled hair entwines. Tornado-like. Her body spinning boisterously at its core. Her name: Izra—the wooden doll with black pebbled eyes. …

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He is unmediated by any computer or person. He went rogue in 2016. He has been in your Facebook feed, your Netflix recommendations, your Spotify playlists, your Google ads, and your YouTube pre-roll. But what is next for him? Lets find out.

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Loose Ends

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My Plastic Dreams

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My lover passes the healing comb through the hair of my soul during the night as she retouches my youth

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