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MAMA BY KIMBERLY THEODORE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 136 PREVIEW

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The surf is forever.

We could be archaeologists together, together all the time, digging in the sand for ancient relics.

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Like the bomb on Nagasaki all over again.

I drank the Kool-Aid hard, shoved it into my brain through a metal IV tube, rewired every neuron for this one relentless purpose.

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His eyes must shimmer with unmatched intelligence.

Mason beheld the pre-dawn vista: Badlands to infinity.

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How ravishing that first kiss was.

All along a switcheroo.

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Baby baby baby.

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She asks if I’d ever seen the moon from a factory window.

In the kitchen I find her last cigarette unsmoked.

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We are, after all, here to see a play by Shakespeare.

There, sir, stop.

Dec 1, 2025 • 34MAG | 34THPARALLEL.NET

What a mouthful.

I came to realize what a mouthful was in this city.

Dec 1, 2025 • 34MAG | 34THPARALLEL.NET

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