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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a silence, thick as August heat, parts when the bus driver waits for the limping man to reach his seat. the child weeping in the pharmacy aisle is not yours, but you crouch anyway, offer a tissue, a name, a glance that says I see you.
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