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"Famously!" she said,
"we get along
famously."
"Famished," she said,
"I am
famished."
Then she ravenously ate
him with whom she
got along so
famously,
because she was
famished.
And then she was
finished.
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Janet Ruhe-Schoen is a journalist, biographer, poet and fiction writer. Her published biographies include Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Táhirih (19th Century Iranian human rights martyr, foremother of current heroes). She’s published poetry and fiction in various journals/zines.