From Montana to Portugal

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A Paris Review

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Aug 18, 2024
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Dear Reader,

As soon as he took his shoes off and put his naked feet on the metro seat next to mine, I should have moved.

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I should have got up and moved to the next car, or the furthest spot away from him.

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