“I Kept the Nickel,” by Lauren Becker
Jul 20th, 2009 | By DefenestrationI kept the address labels. The nickel, too. The night of the day I used the first label, I dreamed of starving orphaned children with distended stomachs. They told me I should have sent the nickel back, along with a generous check and a stamp to save the charity the cost of postage. I ignored the
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