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The steady and persistent echo of love

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The steady and persistent echo of love

last weekend, I spent the night in the hospital excavating the interior of my own heart

Amy Oscar
Aug 3, 2021
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The steady and persistent echo of love

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Through the open window of my office as I write, I can hear my neighbor talking on the phone. The rhythmic lilt of his native Creole, a language I do not understand, floats above the steady drone of a (thankfully distant) leaf blower, the bee-bird chorus in my garden, the soft and recently, ever so cherished hum of my own body.

A week ago, I found myse…

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