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Why pistachios are good for you



'How can you like pistachios? They're disgusting.'

'They're good for you.'  A single baby pistachio fell with a plop into the vast abyss underneath it. I suddenly felt sorry for it. Did it feel that there was no escape in that split second?

'They stop you from having heart attacks and depression. They make you happy.'

I heard a crack as the shells fell away from the nut, vulnerable and naked. Mum's eyes stared blankly at the cracked shells and her teeth chewed mechanically. 












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  • hezakiah
    November 8

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    Interesting. I did not know they were good for the heart or that they are "happy" nuts... well, not the one you personified! I like how you described Mum's mouth!