Filling the Holes

Filling the Holes by Micah Ling I just got a job. It took a total of 20 minutes. Except it isn’t really a job: that word implies an office, people who know you, people who check up on you, supplies that you need, and proper compensation. So this is something other than a job. This is filling a hole.

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Eat ’em Beat ’em

Eat ’em Beat ’em by Micah Ling The mere mention of the word, “cafeteria,” conjures feelings of awkwardness and anxiety. There’s something about the number of choices and the trays; lines for the hot bar, the salad bar, the sandwich station, then more lines to pay and get condiments and napkins. The first version of a cafeteria in the United States was called the Exchange Buffet, located near the New York Stock Exchange. Their motto was “Eat ’em, Beat ’em” […]

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The Poetry of Mail

The Poetry of Mail by Micah Ling Mail is intimate. If it’s not a bill or a credit card offer, then it’s like finding a gift. It will forever be exciting to peer into the mailbox and find something unexpected. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley leaves Jem and Scout little gifts in the hole of a tree. They get into the habit of checking: wondering if there might be something new the next day, and the next. The […]

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