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Pommes et Cannelle

by Chris Dungey                                                   These ingredients were printed                                                    on a crème-colored envelope wedged                                                    between toilet tank and wall—                                                   an unopened sachet or potpourri.                                                   We couldn’t tell, but there were red                                                   line sketches—of leaves, sprigs,                                                   poinsettia. When for?                                                   The Holidays were past—but “Scents                                                   of the Season” it read, in English.                                                   Still, through February the pouch                                                  waited to be poured                                                   into an exhausted vase                                                   of…

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Black Widows

By Beth Escott Newcomer Mary knew there were black widows in the house. This morning, while reaching for a jar of tomatoes, she had seen one in the cupboard and had carefully caught it in a glass with a playing card and carried it outside to the lilac bush, careful…

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