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The cursor blinked at me for forty minutes before I admitted defeat. Not the story—just the opening line. I'd been trying to write about a woman who collects shadows, but every sentence felt like wearing someone else's shoes.
I made tea. Chamomile, though I wanted coffee. Sometimes the small deprivations sharpen things.
When I sat back down, I deleted everything except one word: