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Everyone Gets Out of This Alive, pt. 1

by william james -for Manchester, NH I drive to the grocery store  to relieve my refrigerator  of its crushing loneliness.   I return empty-handed  because I left my wallet  on my desk. & Elm St.   rages on, all gorgeous  cacophony. O Manchester,  you glittering rhinestone.   O Manchester, you tacky  plastic pearl. I love you  for your refined kitsch.   I love you…

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Thirteen Memories

by Carla McGill The First Memory—The Last Day of Fourth Grade It was the year that President Kennedy was shot. We were at different schools, but they were just a few blocks apart. When my teacher found out what had happened, she sobbed, her head on the desk, while Barbara…

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