"Forks clinked against dishes as we ate quietly. Eggs again. Always eggs. Mom said we should be happy to still have eggs every day since the stores closed. Because if the sickness didn’t get you, starvation would."

"Painted Ladies", written by Sarah Hausman and narrated by Erin Lillis, was inspired by the keywords "pizza", "selfie" and "corruption".

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