"Now it is you who everyone presumes is……" — Chris Bohjalian

Now it is you who everyone presumes is so fragile. Wounded. Scarred.… - Chris Bohjalian

"Now it is you who everyone presumes is so fragile. Wounded. Scarred. Maybe they're right. Perhaps you are. A nursery rhyme comes into your head, and, like an egg, you allow yourself to topple onto your side, your legs still pulled hard against your torso. You lie like that a long while, watching the chrome shell of the tape measure sparkle until the sun moves."

— Chris Bohjalian

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