"Having secured a place aboard the train, the commuter enters a state of stillness that is not quite rest."
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"The office plant leaned toward the new intern with the quiet hunger of middle management."
The version of me between versions of me.
Home approaches
I gather the smaller selves
and pretend there’s one
