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Bit by Bit

When Olivia was younger, her mom would pretend to eat her.

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Bones

The skeleton in my closet is loud tonight.

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Father Time

When Grandpapa’s Alzheimer’s had swollen beyond…

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Finding Banksy

“Look low to the pavement after you pass the Jugged Hare,”…

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Hatchling

Today the first hatchling emerges from the gravel…

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Keepsakes

Heart trouble ran through the Delaneys like a curse.

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Ovomancy

This is what the egg tells me.

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Return to Sender

Wires hung like stalactites, suspended from the warehouse ceiling.

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The Protector

I brought the axe down hard on another junk of wood…

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Wound Oil

“Don’t worry, I already have a husband,” you say to Dragan.

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