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In Favor of Romantic Love’s Inevitable Destruction, by Haley Holifield

A Viagra advertisement plays through the radio in the car as my mother asks, “When are you gonna get a man?” I fake focus on the red light avoiding her eye contact from the passenger seat. We’re sitting at the intersection in front of the street where the boy I once loved previously lived. I answer saying, “Look, mom most guys my age don’t even have a skincare routine. They ain’t ready for love.” …

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