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Until We Can Be Together

When you won't leave and can't stay | Non-Fiction | Fresh Soup

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Etgar Keret
Aug 19, 2025
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O. and I are standing in her parents’ front yard. She’s walked me to the gate but I don’t leave. Instead, I simply tell her that I love her and I think we could be a great couple and we’d be happy together. O. says nothing for several seconds, then smiles awkwardly and tells me, in a slightly congested voice, that she thinks I’m reall…

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