Psychologies

Flight of fancy

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ummer is usually the season when I feel lightest. My body is less constrained because I am wearing less. There are mornings when I put music into my ears and run down the hill towards the river, or splash along a gleaming beach while the weight of life floats away. Sometimes, I shed my skin in the waves and race back covered in sea salt. Sun streams through my shutters while the children sleep, and there is an edge to

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