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"Even the Gas Station Attendant Here Is Nice to Me"
Leigh Stein

I lost my job at the factory, but before you get mad
I want you to know that last night I woke up in the snow
without shoes, and I didn’t call up to your window;
I let you sleep because I remembered our agreement.

This is what happened: he caught me in the freezer
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"Snowshoe to Otter Creek"
Stacie Cassarino

love lasts by not lasting -Jack Gilbert ( Read more... )

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"Zero at the Bone"
Stacie Cassarino

First the snow for days. Blankout. Frost heaves. I shovel away your
tracks. I expect you. I think one night you're holding my feet at the
edge of the bed, you're downstairs reading The Hour We Knew
Nothing of Each Other. I smell you in the sheets. Wind blows the
door open. Even the single bluebird is looking for you. ( Read more... )

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