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It’s not only the dog that’s in a state of collapse

There is a mystery package against the front door, addressed to my wife. I take it inside. She stares at it for a long time.

“It might be your new hammock,” she says. “Happy birthday.”

“It’s not my birthday,” I say.

The old hammock disintegrated last summer. The replacement I ordered did not fit the stand, despite a lot of research and measuring.

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