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she said she was starting a business – a peanut butter business – and it was going to be unlike other peanut butter because it was going to have glitter in it. edible glitter, of course… she was working with a food scientist. “he’s going to make it sparkle!” she said, and i thought of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches resembling the gruesome death of a disco ball, or a stripper’s packed lunch, or a third grader protesting cafeteria food. i felt the urge to laugh and throw up at the same time but luckily gave in to neither. i looked at her boyfriend who hadn’t so much as glanced up from the handle of the coffee cup he was molding. she continued, “and i’m working with a designer to make a space in the metaverse for my business too!” “wow, that sounds amazing,” Courtney said. i looked down at my bookends and chewed my tongue.


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