She's Never Been So Tired If nobody ever calls again And the doors to the house lock shut on her She will be content To think of the windows as her eyes And live as the brick-locked brain of her house Until the food runs out.
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Dan Plate grew up overseas (Nigeria) and has lived since high school in various places around the Midwest. He now lives in Illinois near the Mississippi with his wife and three kids, teaching and indulging a hobbyist’s interest in everything mathematical.
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