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In a plastic bag of jell-o
with nine other girls.

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Once the rods in my eyes adjust
to the gradations of green,

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I regret it.

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Things are easier
when I couldn't see.

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Those choices are
no longer available.

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I inhale jell-o, trusting
I will get better at this,

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assuming the other nine
girls have been here longer

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and they too struggled at first.

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I interrupt the
writhing movements

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of girl J, who looks like
she's trying to appear

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to be having a good time.

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I asked to no one in particular
if this jell-o is safe to eat.

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No one answers.

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The jell-o is more
muscular than I recall.

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Have my own muscles
atrophied so much as

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to create this
perception, or is it

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the fault of this
minimal gravity

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state of being
suspended in jell-o,

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or were they having a drought?

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No one answers.

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Did I ever manage to ask?

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I see a sequence
of cubes that might

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function as a staircase leading
me up and out of this place.

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But it's not that
I wanted to leave.

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If only I could find girl
D, we could sell this thing

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all of us contained
as a work of art

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and make a jello ton of money.

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Or if I could find girl H
and get a hold of a camera

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and document ourselves releasing
emotions into gelatinous sugar.

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Then, smuggle the
footage out of the bag.

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The rescue crew will
know what to bring when

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they decide to come fetch us.

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I take a deep jello
breath and start to shout,

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has anybody seen--
but then, I remember

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that I'm hoping to avoid
girl E who's likely to blame

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this whole situation on me.

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Although the exact hue cannot be
ascertained until they pull us

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one by one out of
the green jell-o,

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I do suspect that my
skin is turning green.

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Some girls are
darker, some lighter.

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Their faces, their feet, all
of their skin is changing color

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and I vaguely hope
that I might come out

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of this a little sweeter.

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Meal preparation
or science project?

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I bet we are not even going
to make the evening news.

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