raises blood pressure

"Raises Blood Pressure," December 10, 2022 (#344)

title from The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul (2021)

Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders (2013)

10:04: A Novel by Ben Lerner (2014)

Raises Blood Pressure

He was quick. He was mean. I was losing. I couldn't believe

a match burning in a crocus; an inner meaning almost expressed

maybe this b-day stress perfectly normal, all parents feel?

I could submit the container, transferring it to technicians on

girl's expression as guy announces his rating. Still: bad

company to make a donation. They wrote up a mission

to first lug the fake pigs off to one side. Being on auto

could be hard to tell apart from leisure, from loafing.

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