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The Same Sadness as Before

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Matthew Spencer
Jan 26, 2024
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I'm browsing through an exotic pet store. They only sell one kind of animal: tame foxes. There are black foxes and gray foxes but the classical red predominates. They stare at me from inside their glass enclosures. They look healthy and well-treated, with full glossy coats, but their eyes have an unmistakably sad expression, as if their confinement weig…

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