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This morning, I was a depressed, frumpy loser. But then, in a moment, everything changed. You see, I just purchased a forty-five-dollar bouquet of dried willow branches from a pixie-haired woman at the farmers\u2019 market. Now, miraculously, my life sings with limitless potential.<\/p>\n

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Watch as I parade around town with my elegant twigs! Look at the way my luxurious, spindly sticks reach upward, toward the heavens\u2014but don\u2019t look too closely, because they will<\/em> poke your eye out.<\/p>\n

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My outfit, which seemed drab mere moments ago, is suddenly impossibly chic, elevated to high fashion by the completely insane amount of kindling in my arms. Before, I was unremarkable. Now my very being begs a litany of questions, such as, \u201cWait, why does she have all those sticks?\u201d and, \u201cI\u2019m scared\u2014isn\u2019t it fire season?\u201d<\/p>\n

Clearly, these are stylish branches, rather than regular, on-the-ground branches. You can tell because they\u2019re wrapped neatly in crisp brown paper, like a slab of organic salmon. I enjoy cradling the bouquet casually against my bosom, as if it were a baby. But of course it is not a baby\u2014it is sticks, which is so much better.<\/p>\n

I can barely contain my joy as I courageously tromp home along the busiest of avenues. \u201cLook, I have sticks!\u201d I shout, like a gorgeous rottweiler.<\/p>\n

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As I walk, I contemplate where I\u2019ll display my bouquet\u2014not on the dining table, which would be obvious, but on the floor, which is more bohemian. To be honest, I have to put the sticks on the floor, because I don\u2019t have a dining table, because I spend my money on more important things, like artisan yard scraps.<\/p>\n

I imagine what guests will think when they see my stick bouquet. \u201cWow,\u201d they\u2019ll remark. \u201cShe really has a keen eye that sees beyond surface-level beauty and finds splendor in the mundane. I bet she knits her own sweaters and strains her own nut milk, and when she goes to karaoke she probably chooses a Fiona Apple song and sings it perfectly on key, in a way that\u2019s somehow endearing and self-aware and does not seem showboaty at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lest the sticks lose their lustre, I dream of other charming objects I might soon haul around town\u2014a baguette, a pumpkin, an empty guitar case, a geriatric rescue tabby named Cilantro. In my mind, each new item is arranged around the branch bouquet, forming a beautiful cornucopia, an altar to women who refer to jams as \u201cpreserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know innately that the simple act of purchasing this bouquet will launch me into the future of my dreams. Soon I\u2019ll have a small army of back-yard animals\u2014chickens, bees, goats, and a completely humanely raised bear. I will brew beer that is so hoppy it literally jumps out of the glass. I will bake pies using berries that mankind has not yet encountered and cannot comprehend. Unlike these branches, my life is about to blossom. Any minute now.\u00a0\u2666<\/p>\n

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