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Stenzzeeah Menakruzz

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Rinse cycle

Stenzzeeah Menakruzz

Submitted to Contest #323

There are two kinds of people, those who think self-care is a scam, and those who own a special spoon for bath salts. I’m the second kind. My spoon has a mother-of-pearl handle and a dent that looks like a crescent moon. Pretentious? Yes. But crying into a towel while your bathwater goes cold is worse. After my mom died and my boyfriend left with the air fryer, and bathing became my only religion. It wasn’t about hygiene, it was ritual. My sequence never changed: bleach the tub in a spiral, rinse three times with my grandmother’s enamel cup,...

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