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A Conversation

 

Girl A sits in the diner with her friend Girl B.

 

They sit on opposite sides in a booth, both of them with their phones out.

 

Hey, Girl A says.                                                                                                                Hey, says Girl B.

 

When the waitress drops off the silverware, Girl A unwraps her cutlery and proceeds to slice into her chicken fried steak. Full of gristle and overdone, it fails to do the job.

 

What I wouldn’t give for a sharper knife, Girl A says.

 

                               Me too, says Girl B, pulling her sleeves up to conceal her wrists.

 

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