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Mother of three reported missing after dropping kids at school

One day, there will be a podcast episode about your disappearance, and a woman driving to work will skip it because you’ve never been found, and the woman likes closure. One day, your body will dissolve, the dye in your clothes fading into a muted gray before disintegrating, your teeth you hated and wished were straighter, the only thing left to identify you. But for now, you’re in the woods, a deer eyeing you while eating leaves nearby, the dirt and blood wet and sticky under your cooling skin. For now, your last thought is, “Finally, time to rest.”

Madeline Anthes is the Assistant Editor of Lost Balloon. You can find her on Twitter at @madelineanthes, and find more of her work at madelineanthes.com.

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