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A Thousand Bits

August 23, 2024 2 Comments

By Hana Gammon

The other day at the thrift store, I bought four crocheted doilies. Two bucks for the lot of them. My son, who was with me, asked if I knew whether they were made by machine or by hand. By hand, I told him. No machine can navigate such tight twists and turns.

He thought about it for a moment and opened his mouth to ask something else. But he was distracted by a mug on the bargain shelf, printed with big, bold letters:

This is my chemo mug and I will smash it into a thousand bits when it’s all over.

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  1. Joana Figueiredo says

    August 24, 2024 at 7:32 am

    This piece has such a bittersweet loveliness to it.

    “no machine can navigate such tight twists and turns”

    and then the intact chemo mug…

    Lovely use of images and simbolism.

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  2. Ed Kratz says

    August 28, 2024 at 1:12 pm

    Truly moving. Very real shock of sadness at the end. Well done.

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