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Submitted to Contest #256
Our bodies are better adherents to the virtue of honesty than we are; within a certain magical distance, the layers of muscles, fascia, and skin become transparent, and emotion is telepathic. I can feel my skin tightening and my facial muscles stiffening, betraying my ingenuine effort to lift into a smile. The lackadaisical execution of a smile, half out of social obligation and half out of emotional concealment, sends the same message as the bark of a stray dog retreating in a last attempt to intimidate—everything is under control, and I’m ...
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