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Scylla and Charybdis

What we lose when we lose our minds.

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Mar 29, 2025
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An old man used to live in the rundown house across the street. He was a heavy smoker who didn’t let the oxygen canister he hauled around slow him down. He had a mustache with greasy brown hair to his shoulders, was thin as a rail and walked with a hunch. I heard him before I saw him. The emphysemic wheezing …

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