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Cradle and All

The rope broke.

It plays in my head. Over and over again. And every time, I go back to the beginning where I press the buzzer.

I press the buzzer. I wait. Privilege is the badge I wear. I look like someone with a resume. Someone you would meet in a gallery. Someone you would confide in. Someone who has experienced the kindness of strangers.

I understand the power of appearances. Yet I am the kind of person who continues to make those judgments. I know better. It is my privilege that lets me forget.

But in this place, I must wait to be buzzed in by the man in the booth. So I wait. He doesn't look my way. So I wait outside, in the snow, on the other side of a glass door. I am tempted to turn ...

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