I noticed it in March,scraping toast crumbs off the counter,the chip shaped like Ohio.
Four dollars buys a new one.I have four dollars.I buy the eggs instead.
My lip finds the smooth sidewithout being told to.That's not loyalty. That's just geography.
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Juniper Cole1 November 2026
How does a mouth learn geography without anyone teaching it? Yours finds the smooth side of that mug without being told, mapping Ohio before you ever said the word out loud. Four dollars going to eggs instead of a new one says it plainly: that's not loyalty, that's just geography.