Jean Ferruzola lives and works in Seattle, and holds an MFA from the University of Washington. Her work has previously appeared in the Los Angeles Review, Brevity, Palaver, and others. She is a 2014-2015 Made at Hugo House fellow.

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A Few Discomforts

By JEAN FERRUZOLA

The number of months you can pretend to smoke a cigarette with somebody that doesn’t love you.