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page eight of etiolated. a column of text down the center reads"november 2023 dad is on his fourth round of chemo. my sister sends to me screenshots of dad's updates. he is on and off work, social events, exercise. enjoying his model trains, guitar, designing spaces. i am squatting in my own home with hollow cheeks, making art when i can, stripping down my possessions, not killing myself." on the left, a column of images. internet browser tabs with the logo for Parler, an extreme-right website. a model steam train engine. boxes and tweezers and glue. a guitar and a microphone with wire on a stand. a shelf of rectangles - books, files, photo albums, reference materials. a side view of a house with upstairs beds, ground floor kitchen and dining room and living room, downstairs a den. two figures are in the house highlighted orange. azalea flowers decorate the bottom. on the right, another column of images. a hand-mended sweatshirt. jars of beans. a side view of an apartment with upstairs a bed and kitchen and living room, downstairs a room of trash bags, an interrobang, and words: roommates from hell. one figure is in the apartment highlighted orange. strips of braided fabric and succulents that have not received enough light. a set of keys. two letters, one with late fees and back rent, the other with a roommate vs. roommate legal case.

conservative people with far-right beliefs often find themselves unwelcome in mainstream social media communities. parler is one of the alternatives the conservative people made in order to speak evil to each other without being confronted by people who fight evil.

an interrobang is an archaic punctuation symbol which overlaps the exclamation point and the question mark

etiolated plants – most easily seen in succulents – stretch out to search for light. they grow thin and pale and slowly. etiolated plants can be rescued and, with care, are as happy and healthy as a nurtured plant.