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maelstrom

I The sky above the valley would have been difficult in a jigsaw puzzle: blue with occasional puffs of cloud. The slope down was an artist’s dream: sturdy trees, manifest green heads and strong engaging trunks carpeted around by swirls … Continue reading

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I met him when I was twelve. The troops were just back from Europe. Some of them were still wearing their uniforms and refighting the action every Saturday afternoon on the screen at the Roxy. Picture a sunny spring day: … Continue reading

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scissors

I sit on a chair a sheet draped around my neck and pinned snugly her scissors whisper secrets and her fingers kiss my scalp and butterfly by me like sunny breezes on the summer porch she leans near I smell … Continue reading

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