Things Won’t Always Be This Good

Spring, and other reminders that it’s better not to be dead

Timothy Kreider
Human Parts

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AA few days after his fortieth birthday, a friend of mine fell out of the sky. His friends have always known this was a hazard of his favorite activity, which is leaping out of airplanes. Nonetheless it was horrifying to see the photos he sent of the Wile E. Coyote-like hole in a warehouse roof, and to watch…

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Timothy Kreider
Human Parts

Tim Kreider is the author of two essay collections, and a frequent contributor to Medium and The New York Times. He lives in NYC and the Chesapeake Bay area.