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blowsy
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My half sister turned out to be a blowsy L.A. blonde

—p.65 Escape from the Tropic of Squalor (13) by Mary Karr
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aegis

the first poems of mine that ever saw print were sent out under Etheridge's aegis, in envelopes he paid postage on

—p.53 Escape from the Tropic of Squalor (13) by Mary Karr
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caul

My granny back in Tennessee was born with the web of a caul over her head like a wedding veil

quoting the terrifying guy who "rescues" her in his car

—p.21 Escape from the Tropic of Squalor (13) by Mary Karr
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keloid

no keloid scars from boiling water

—p.14 Escape from the Tropic of Squalor (13) by Mary Karr
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slipshod

doing so felt like the first true and good act I'd managed in my whole slipshod life

about feeding her son

—p.9 Prologue: Open Letter to My Son (1) by Mary Karr
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