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Sun setting over hay bales Image by Joe from Pixabay

Breath

by Carol Casey The August sun has almost spun the straw  to gold in the large stack behind the barn.  We take turns sliding down its side, whooping  in the earthy smell, the scratchy stalks tickling.  Not sure why I go down backward, push off  so hard. I land with a thump on almost…

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The community church for funerals

The Funeral

by Frank Jamison Y’all don’t know the whole story, and I can’t tell it all here. It’s too long. But Elbert Wiggins was killed in Hatchie Landing a long time ago. Two men, Malcolm Oakes and Bennie Hoskins, had something to do with it. My June’s husband, Nathan, died in…

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