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Penance

by Eliza Clark

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The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

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The thing about the pills was that he felt, once their magic seeped into him, like he was finally slipping naked into a warm, dry bed with thick wool sheets after days of walking soaked to the bone in rain.

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“The thing about the pills was that he felt”
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