Featured poem: At the bar, C calls me lonely, like actually" by Loisa Fenichell

Featured topics: childhood friends, spinsters, vending machines, wishing wells, longing, and Apple Pay. 

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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