i·c morel

fiction & poetry writer

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companionship

28/07/2026

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a man in tallinn has found the one job no man is supposed to want. paid companion for the lonely, the isolated, the elderly. the role exists in european legislation but not in culture, designed for women, borrowed from a practice that only makes sense in japan. he does it anyway, and he is good at it. the job asks him to be present for everyone. he is. the rest of his life arranges itself around that fact.

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