salem
tender_square
a
coworker
and
i
were
exchanging
stories
about
our
lineage
when
she
said
, "
i
have
a
cousin
who
died
in
salem,
he
was
accused
of
witchcraft."
"
no
way
!"
"
his
name
was
richard
toothacher;
he
should've
been
a
dentist
!"
she
laughed
. "
he
died
in
jail."
"
i
have
all
these
books
on
the
witch trials
i
need
to
read
and
i
want
to
go
to
salem,
i'm
obsessed,"
i
was
breathless
. "
i
had
no
idea
men
were
tried
for
this
sort
of
thing
,
too
."
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from