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Monkey Bars

Monkey Bars

by | Aug 9, 2026 | Essays

by Bliss Goldstein My daughter’s room pulls me down the hall, as if she is the sun and I am caught in her gravitational field. I peek inside, expecting to see the little table with the dancing monkey she’d painted on its top, but it isn’t there. Then I remember. The...