There are so many ways to go wrong. All we’ve got are metaphors, and they’re never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing.

th blu nyt
th stRs u can’t c
th hum tht nevr gOs awy

The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back.

jennifer egan, a visit from the goon squad

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