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A spitball in the straw of a cosmic jock
At the shop where I work two days a week, a vanilla latte costs 7 dollars. This time last year it was 6. Next year it will be 10. The year after you’ll…
Mar 25
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Caleb Caudell
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As I hang drying
From Novelty: and other stories
Mar 18
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Caleb Caudell
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The last man on the internet
What if they gave a platform and no one posted
Mar 11
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Caleb Caudell
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Out on a limn
The earth clears the frozen crust from its eyes, kicks off its winter blanket. Late morning, new apartment. Light streams in like a pleasant memory. On…
Mar 5
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Caleb Caudell
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February 2024
Checking in
Metafictional supplement to my last post
Feb 29
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Caleb Caudell
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Haunted by hospitality
Studio apartments are jail cells where you’re the inmate and the guard at the same time. I had to let myself out for the night. I’m getting no sleep. My…
Feb 21
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Caleb Caudell
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Taking stock
A moment of gratitude: secret police haven’t yet kicked me in the kidneys and thrown me in a stuffy basement. I’m also not working in a blood diamond…
Feb 13
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Caleb Caudell
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Urgent Counsel
We shiver in the chill of a new advice age. People want to know how to live and how to get what they want. They spend their dwindling money and…
Feb 8
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Caleb Caudell
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January 2024
Pretty as a picture
The world is beautiful if we’re only looking at it. Unless we’re looking at a pile of dead bodies or a mound of horseshit. But for the most part, we see…
Jan 22
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Caleb Caudell
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