Month 2: Artificial
Welcome to Double Take, where each month, two friends transform a one-word topic into a finished piece of writing, with no format off-limits. Think Chopped meets writing — cut the competition, keep the creativity.
We’re Divya and Amy, two NYC residents who first crossed paths in the unlikeliest of all places — at a house party in suburban Connecticut. Fast-forward through a blur of coffee-fueled brainstorms, wine-fueled edits, and possibly too much burrata, and here we are, serving up our best takes.
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Take 1: Mangoes, by Divya
"bears mangos from the tree in your babaji’s yard whose seeds were sown by your babaji’s babaji and whose soil was nourished with the tender loving care of starchy rice water and whose skin, my God, ripened to canary yellow beaming with the hues of a sunset you’ve only seen in your dreams whose flesh was cut with the impeccable precision of glistening, wrinkled, wisdom-harnessing hands"
Take 2: The Candy Shop, by Amy
Cotton candy rainbow swirl— I could be your fantasy girl. Sweet n sour cherry gummies, Wrappers off, so soft and yummy! All the aisles at the shop are filled With cute and eager guys and girls! All of them vying for your selection, Get them begging for your… perfection!
