That tiny sting is not harmless. The sore you keep worrying with your tongue, the rough patch that catches on your teeth, the lump you only notice in the dark—they are not background noise. They are alarms you keep muting. You tell yourself it’s stress, a sharp crisp, a bad toothbrush. You promise you’ll call tomorrow. But every quiet tomorrow you choose, something else qui… Continues…
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