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Joy Lennox

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Is it possible for an object to taunt someone? The espresso machine at the rental house is so above my pay grade that it’s laughable. There are knobs and buttons, and I think it would take an advanced degree to work it. I long for my decade old automatic coffee pot with my giant pile of filters and can of Folgers that’s sitting on the vinyl kitchen counter of my apartment at home. Does it produce an impressive cup of coffee? No. But I can at least turn out some of the liquid elixir. As far as I’m concerned, this is the most expensive piece o...

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Bittersweet

Weekly Contest #339

Is it possible for an object to taunt someone? The espresso machine at the rental house is so above my pay grade that it’s laughable. There are knobs and buttons, and I think it would take an advanced degree to work it. I long for my decade old automatic coffee pot with my giant pile of filters and can of Folgers that’s sitting on the vinyl kitchen counter of my apartment at home. Does it produce an impressive cup of coffee? No. But I can at least turn out some of the liquid elixir. As far as I’m concerned, this is the most expensive piece o...

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