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Homer woke to the sour tang of ozone and coffee, a hangover the size of a small city in his skull. He lived alone in Apartment 3B of a building whose elevator had decided—years ago—to break only on days when the trash was heavy. He moved through the morning like a man made of sleep: kettle, mug, the same mug with a chip shaped like a crescent moon, toast burned on purpose because it felt like a choice. It looked cut—cleaved by something that shouldn’t have
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