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keep warm by diewiththemostlikes

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moneyneversleeps clicc

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the onion growing from my elbow was my heart failing the asparagus protruding from my spinal cord was liver disease the potato eyes penetrating my fingernails were dementia the other vegetables were a myriad of indistinguishable illnesses that I would eventually die of the harvest was a celebration of my decline a bounty growing amidst the destruction and decay their roots drank from my disease we decided to make soup despite it all as we had just purchased a discounted crockpot and we were hungry enough at the time we filled the ceramic interior of the pot with tap water and set it to keep warm with hopes that the water would inherit the flavors of the vegetables soon enough and we would drink in my suffering to soothe our hunger my wife delicately tugged at the protrusions painfully extracting each for the creation of a soup made without joy her fingers worked with the diligence and coldness of a butcher and blood flowed freely at times when roots were picked or trimmed too hastily but neither of us acknowledged its presence later that night I would use a handful of paper towels to quietly mop up the mess my body had created we looked at the water full of vegetables for some time neither of us had much to say about me dying or the soup created from that dying maybe we were both just hungry we fell asleep in each other’s arms that night, hoping that the soup would taste good even though we knew it wouldn’t hoping my disintegration and submission would be as seamless as the ingredients disappearing into the warm embrace of the water

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