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Katharina Clark<\/em><\/h4>\n

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On nights when the frequencies from my phone aren\u2019t enough to tune out the way nostalgia drones from the vacuum in the hall, I watch paralyzed while a woman passes through my locked bedroom door. She tries to hug me, and in the morning, I wonder who else would find this so terrifying.<\/span><\/p>\n

I moved into a place of my own, so she comes over to play house: we<\/span> bake a pie, she<\/span> waters the plants, I twist myself into something other<\/span> than an embodiment of her regret.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I used to perform backflips for that heart-on-a-string she\u2019d dangle in front of me. Maybe it offered her the entertainment the life of a housewife couldn\u2019t\u2026 but what I know for sure is she\u2019s the reason I hate dogs. How they slobber and shed, stumble into your path, and stay loyal to owners who keep them tied up in the snow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Katharina Clark<\/strong> is originally from Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers in May 2024 with a bachelor’s in Cognitive Science and Psychology. She will complete a master’s in Brain Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, starting fall of 2024. She hopes to eventually live in a camper van and visit various national parks when she’s not working in the hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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