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- Stare into the fire too long.
- Step on a crack (do this after getting cursed by a witch; most witches will do this for free except for witches of the verdant variety—the kind that specialize in hearth & home—she won't curse you unless you break her heart first).
- Only smile at people who don't smile back, then listen to a sad song. Any sad song will do. I recommend Elliot Smith.
- Get a degree in the humanities, then spend the next ten years looking for work. Watch your student loans grow. Ivy over a garden wall. Eventually, the amount you owe is more than what you borrowed. (Note: In the end, the amount you owe is always more than what you borrowed.)
- Burn all of your journals. Do not recycle them. This would be a mistake. Your words might reincarnate and find meaning again as a cardboard box for a litter of kittens, or a bandage wrapped around the knee of a boy who fell off his bike.
- Get lost in an art museum or an ex's embrace. This will only last a day. But you can always return to what makes you break, and let it happen again.
- Make someone forget you. This is not as easy as it sounds.
About the Creator
Tyler Clark
I am a nonbinary writer, poet, and cat parent from California. My short stories and poems have been published in a chaotic jumble of anthologies, collections, and magazines.
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