Days go by when I do nothing but underline the damp edge of myself.

Days go by when I do nothing but underline the damp edge of myself.

Mary Szybist
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I was thinking recently about the popularity of TV shows about people shopping for houses. I wonder if part of their appeal is the chance to vicariously imagine our lives playing out in a variety of spaces. We have a sense that the shape and style of our dwellings affects the shapes of the lives that unfold within them.

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Days go by when I do nothing but underline the damp edge of myself.

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