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Address Book
The leather binding, torn and askew,is barely joined by brittle pieces of Scotch tape. And the names and streets, long since fled to a digital cloud of witnesses, are more like...
Greetings on a Morning Walk
Blackberry vines, you hold this ground in the shade of a willow: all thorns, no fruit. * Pitcher sage, your fuchsia flowers are crusted brown, trading tenderness for seed....
Litter Crew
Litter Crew Ahead. Their budget’s in the red, but still they have a sign that has always said: Litter Crew Ahead. The younger and the older, the timid and...
The Way It Goes
That’s the way it goesfor amateurs and pros—the ball goes out of bounds.That’s the way it goes. That’s the way it goes,marching all in rows—someone’s Waterloo.That’s the way it...
