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Miya Lee: From The New York Times, I'm Miya Lee.
Dan Jones: And I'm Dan Jones.
This is the Modern Love podcast.
Miya Lee: Today's episode is about divorce
and about how things can break,
even if you have the best intentions
and make the best effort.
Dan Jones: Yeah, it's about the equality of love,
but also the equality of heartbreak.
Miya Lee: The essay is called,
'New Hope, New Pain, Same Old Divorce.'
Dan Jones: And it's both written and read by Cameron Esposito.
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Cameron Esposito: One of the last things I did before leaving the home
we had made together
was pull the 5–foot portrait of our faces
out of the closet.
What is one supposed to do
with oversized portraiture