Spilled Ink by Alexandra Grant

Spilled Ink by Alexandra Grant

Manifestations of Abandonment

The Wall

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Alexandra Grant
Jun 16, 2026
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a wall made of bricks in the desert
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Not Pink Floyd, though I know you’re humming it. You’re welcome.

As a victim of parental abandonment, I built a very tall, thick wall. My wall was impenetrable. It was a tower of Babylon. If that was not enough, I kept it locked down like Fort Knox and built the walls from 10-foot-thick tungsten. No one was getting in this sucker or past my defenses. No one.

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