The Throw
The day before we started bombing, Iran agreed to stop stockpiling nuclear material.The day before.We bombed them anyway.This is a piece about what strength actually means. And what we do now.Act I. The PlaygroundThe morning sun, warm on the blacktop. The yard smelled like cut grass and rubber. Beyond the kickball diamond, a basketball hoop with a chain net and monkey bars where the younger kids hung upside down. Row of swings with pebbles worn smooth underneath. The bases painted on the blacktop in faded white, and the outfield ran long to the fence where the grass was patchy from a thousand…
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