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[addy]

Great stuff. I love your use of of "it's all apples and oranges" to cap of the start and end... it says I-barely-give-a-fuck, but in such an evocative and ambiently colorful way. It sets the tone of your piece nicely, where you portray a bone-deep earthiness in a way that's almost fragile. The POV narrator really sold the piece.

My only nit, if I absolutely had to pick one, would "as if pauperism were a poetic device" read well as "with pauperism as a..." instead? Just a suggestion though.

Thanks for the read