Jonah Is Clean

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Jonah digs holes and buries things. Jonah digs holes and buries things. Jonah digs holes and buries things.

I ask Jonah, “What’s with all the holes and burying things?”

Jonah digs a hole and buries me.

I’m going to die. I’m going to die. I’m going to die.

I swallow the dirt. I swallow the dirt. I swallow Jonah’s dirt.

I sprout from the surface. I sprout from the surface. I am a boy sprout. I am a boy sprout filled with dirt.

I vomit dirt. I vomit dirt. I painfully vomit dirt.

A worm.

Then I see Jonah, still digging holes and burying things. Digging holes and burying things. Digging holes and burying—

“Jonah?”

“What?”

Jonah is holding his baby girl.

“Jonah?”

“What?”

Jonah buries his baby girl. Jonah buries his baby girl. Jonah buries his baby girl.

I cry mud. I cry mud. I cry mud.

Jonah digs a hole.

Jonah climbs down into his hole.

Jonah pulls the dirt. Jonah pulls the dirt. Jonah pulls the—

“Can you help me with the dirt?” he asks.

I shovel the dirt onto Jonah. I shovel the dirt onto Jonah. I shovel the dirt onto Jonah.

I pack the dirt with the shovel. I pack the dirt with the shovel. I pack the dirt with the shovel.

“Goodbye, Jonah.”

I dig holes and free things. I dig holes and free things. I dig holes and free things.

Jonah’s mom.

Jonah’s dad.

Jonah’s wife.

I hug Jonah’s baby girl. I hug Jonah’s baby girl. I hug Jonah’s baby girl.

We both cry mud. We all cry mud.

“Goodbye, Jonah.”

We wait for the rain. We wait for the rain. We wait for the rain to wash him.

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Jonah is clean. Jonah is clean. Jonah is clean.