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To laugh properly
you must sound
slightly surprised.
So that’s what this child
works on tonight
as she practices laughing,
trying to sound natural.
— from "Childhood" by Amy Gerstler in the Spring 2015 issue of DMQ Review skillfully edited by Sally Ashton
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