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Standing over my father’s body, my palm encompassing his sternum, I tell him, “You sneaky fuck, you knew exactly what you were doing.” He had predicted his own death, knew it was on the way, and had been telling me every chance he had. What I didn’t grasp was that we were always alone, and…
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My cousin had a lot to say to me over New Year’s Eve at that snowy mountain mansion. The same Green Mountains that fostered my healing became a pit of snakes the second I walked through the all-too-familiar door of my aunt’s home. Two things I learned from hearing about myself from someone who watched…