The Curio is where we have fun.
"August in Arkansas. Every day is dangerous. Yesterday, heat warning. Today, hours of rain, flood advisory. The roads are stuffed with cars, their exhaust bitter in our throats, because you can’t bike or walk far without feeling faint, and anyway, most sidewalks stop in the least convenient place. The stores’ icy AC breathes goosebumps onto sun-scorched skin. The chlorine pools and forest creeks we beg relief in have themselves warmed to match the air. Nature can’t find her balance. Our bodies can’t calibrate."
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