The Noble Try

The Noble Try

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domesticate me

but just a little bit

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Isabel Cowles Murphy
Jun 21, 2026
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The night before our move, I noticed a patch of mugwort behind the contractor’s newly situated portapotty. The weed looked predatory—spiny and foreign, multi-colored where the halogen spotlight mixed with cloud-covered moon. The breeze made its sharp leaves sway red and green, like the underside of some evil oyster shell. I went inside, disturbed.

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