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Eleven Minutes
My mother cried for eleven minutes.
Aug 9
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Robert M. Ford
July 2026
The Wrong Test
On mistaking a good defense for an honest answer
Jul 19
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Robert M. Ford
1
Not Too Far Away
He'd know that walk anywhere. His father wouldn't know him at all.
Jul 15
1
1
Not Held
A Maggie B. Casefile
Jul 12
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Robert M. Ford
1
1
Seventy-One Percent
On what a single number can’t hold
Jul 4
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Robert M. Ford
1
1
We Never Told Her She Was Dying [Narrated]
She never asked. We never said.
Jul 1
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Robert M. Ford
2
3
2
June 2026
How Can I Be Sure
David Cassidy was asking. I wasn't listening.
Jun 30
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Robert M. Ford
3
2
2
You Just Missed Hannah Gordon
Some afternoons you spend listening to someone else's records.
Jun 27
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Robert M. Ford
1
1
Someone You Shouldn’t’ve
The winter of '78, the long way round, and a record that knew more than I did.
Jun 26
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Robert M. Ford
2
1
1
American Flag Blue [Narrated]
In the age before the nation’s two hundred and fiftieth feast day, there lived a man of gold towers who looked upon the reflecting pool and found it…
Jun 21
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Robert M. Ford
3
3
1
Pinned
A Maggie B. Casefile
Jun 13
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Robert M. Ford
1
Late Vocabulary
I came to a lot of this language late.
Jun 11
•
Robert M. Ford
2
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