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“Rainie looks down at
her lap, the crotch of her pants mended so many times that the seams bulge
with teeth. I remember when she used to itch her crotch in public during
that summer of the bedbugs, her fingernails grated down to nubs. Out of
sympathy, I scratched myself too, even though I didn’t have any bites,
clawing myself until I couldn’t sleep and lay awake every night, stinging
and thinking of our paired misery. I miss that summer of synchronized
scarring. I miss the brazen way she used to flay herself for me”
―
her lap, the crotch of her pants mended so many times that the seams bulge
with teeth. I remember when she used to itch her crotch in public during
that summer of the bedbugs, her fingernails grated down to nubs. Out of
sympathy, I scratched myself too, even though I didn’t have any bites,
clawing myself until I couldn’t sleep and lay awake every night, stinging
and thinking of our paired misery. I miss that summer of synchronized
scarring. I miss the brazen way she used to flay herself for me”
―
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