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      Ruth stood on the narrow iron bridge, gripping her father’s obsidian necklace, and wondered how many years it would take before the river wore them both down to nothing.
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      I hungered into that quiet until— there—unbelievable!— a wolf spider scuttled onto a leaf.
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      I no longer harangue every desk nurse at every hospital for a taxonomic breakdown of her bills. I don’t ask for the numbers of the Benadryl, the water cups, the abdominal touches done with gloved hands. I am the most American I’ve ever been—she costs what she costs and I eat it.

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      Old lungs puffing like gills, I beg to be thrown back to boyhood’s clear waters.

Fiction


Even as Little by Francine Witte
July 12, 2022

your father would see the look in your face, the haunt that would stay there forever

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Why You Can’t Believe the Weather Report, No Way, No How by Francine Witte
July 12, 2022

One minute, you’re getting a fistful of sunshine slamming you in the face, next minute, it’s softened to butter.

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Owen Will Tell You by Francine Witte
July 12, 2022

"Everything will go fine until Owen brings up the story of his name."

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Even by Dan Crawley
July 5, 2022

Someone has reserved the beach volleyball court at the park for the office party.

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Good Girl by Claudia Smith
June 21, 2022

What did it mean to be someone who ironed her ten-year-old jeans?

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