FastSaying
I barely managed to do the small talk—the
what-do-you-do
, the
where-are-you-from
, the
what-neighborhood
, the
what-college
, the despair of trying to explain oneself.
Catherine Lacey
catherine-lacey
despair
explaining-yourself
monotonous
small-talk
tedious
the-answers
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