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Under the Heavy Moon
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by Jenny Stalter We’d grown old enough that our husbands had died. Old enough for our love to become …
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A Salt Pact
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by Julie Esther Fisher A ceremony with your three daughtersYou held our ankles, dangled usoverboard, made uskiss the seaa …
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Freshwater Pearl Rush, 1897 – 1903
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by Sandy Longhorn — Lower White River Museum State Park Once, they bent and rakedthe mussel beds with handsgone to …
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What Fathers Pass on to Sons
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by Elena Zhang He hates his father. Such a dick, he thinks. Their home is the ocean, but he’s …
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Is it Cake?
Leave a commentMay 27, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Elena Zhang Is it cake or is it a hamburger? Is it cake or is it a purse? …
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The Art of Listening
Leave a commentMay 27, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Elena Zhang You were talking about the quarterly projections for your startup the third time that day while …
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Vintage Butch Etiquette
Leave a commentMay 27, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Mel Sherrer I used to drivemy mother’s chevy duallyback on VA county road 606,plumes of dust in my …
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Mornings
Leave a commentMay 27, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Mel Sherrer Banana smoothie sunlight,and the sound of the old chair aching,holding up my brand-new body Mel …
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My Grief as a Dinner Table
Leave a commentMay 27, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Mel Sherrer Each time I losea dish is added,a chair is taken. Eventually,food piles up andpeople keep going. …
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Green thumb
1May 27, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Jorge López Llorente I always keep your hands close to my heart. The slender, pianist-like fingers, more skilled …
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