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KATHERINE APPLEGATETheONEANDONLYI vanillustrations byPatricia CastelaoDedicationfor JuliaEpigraphIt is never too late to bewhat you might have been. George EliotGlossarychest beat: repeated slapping of the chest with one or both hands in order to generate a loud sound(sometimes used by gorillas as a threat display to intimidate an opponent)domain: territorythe Grunt: snorting, piglike noise made by gorilla parents to express annoyanceme-ball: dried excrement thrown at observers9,855 days (example): While gorillas in the wild typically gauge the passing of time based on seasonsor food availability, Ivan has adopted a tally of days.
The glass says you are this and we are that and that is how it will always be. Humans leave their fingerprints behind, sticky with candy, slick with sweat. Each night a weary man comes to wipe them away. Sometimes I press my nose against the glass. My noseprint, like your fingerprint, is the first and last
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