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When He’s Gone

She doesn’t know how to explain it, what comes over her when he’s gone. It’s as if, when he’s around, all the energy she has goes his way, feeds him and the life they have in common. It’s not that … Continue reading

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Lustrum

Tonight along the avenue, street lights and store lights, automobile headlights and taillights, flicker across puddles born of days of rain. I find myself watching women. Gumbo of dirt and stones and leaves spills onto pavement that shuttles it this … Continue reading

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