Thursday, June 25, 2026

Midwestern machismo

Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest.
There was something athletic about it.
You flexed your face into a smile
and let it hover there like the dare of a cat.

            Lorrie Moore, The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore

 

 

 

 

 

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