What Comes Next?

What Comes Next?

LOOK AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

(Assignment Number 40,361)

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Abigail Thomas
Dec 29, 2025
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.Sit still for a while. Look around a familiar room. What are your eyes drawn to first? There’s a wall I look at every day. My eyes fix first on a drawing of two big faces, the lower halves of both faces painted red. Their noses are red too. They are so jolly, their big mouths smiling different smiles, their eyes way up against their hairlines.

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