July, July by Tim O'Brien

" People took aspirin for their headaches.  People requested doggie bags at fancy restaurants.  Dow Chemical made a killing. From sea to sea, along country roads, in great sleeping cities, there were petty jealousies and grocery lists and erotic fantasies and upset stomachs.  The earth kept spinning."

A reminder of how small individual crises are.  And despite what feels like our world has ended...the earth keeps spinning.

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