Butt News #24: Never Been Kissed
The Millennial’s Lament
By River Clegg
June 5, 2024
The Millennial awakens. His alarm has not gone off. He wakes up this early now, naturally. He sighs. He hums the first few notes of “Rolling in the Deep,” a song that he believes came out four years ago. He sighs again.
He walks. I am no longer young, he thinks. Being young was my identity—my whole ge
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