18 Apr 2022

The only way out is through. This thought knocks around my mind once a day, on the dot, a strange and bitter repeat realization. I am shocked to experience the things I always knew were coming: it is real, full and nuanced. Ten times worse and ten times better than I imagined.

A stop sign and a one way sign perch atop a post, a gray, full-windowed building reflecting sunlight in the background.

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