A Story In
100 Words
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The Calculated Slant Of An Eyebrow
Jamie had the most expressive eyebrows of this or any other generation. They were eyebrows that could communicate what sculptor's stone and painter's easel have lamely attempted for centuries. When Jamie raised them, doors flung open.
While one can refute even the most carefully constructed argument, there's no arguing against the calculated slant of an eyebrow. At a nuanced protragalation from just one of Jamie's bushy caterpillars, fleets would unfurl their sails, old wives would once again see their husbands as young men, and whole economies would lose their composure.
So more is the shame that Jamie was a woman.
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