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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T13:00:00.000Z",
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    "Columns & Opinion",
    "Staff notes",
    "staff notes",
    "Vol. 55 No. 16",
    "Our neighbors",
    "Chicago Reader"
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  "textContent": "I don’t remember the exact day that Simmy and I met on the quiet street where I’d recently put down roots. When he asked to clean my car, as he does for all the cars on the block, I brushed past him. Eighteen months later, Simmy and I are close friends: two mercurial Gemini companions. […]\n\nThe post Our neighbors appeared first on Chicago Reader.",
  "title": "Our neighbors"
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