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State Funeral

by Phillip Knyphausen My cousin Toto texted me at the start of February. It was all in German and he spelled my name wrong. I had only met him once before, at my uncle’s funeral in Mainz. In a tall black tailcoat, he approached me by the chapel. We talked…

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Mother Load

By Nancy Baker It was after the washing of the dinner pots and dishes, the reading of today’s paper, the tucking in bed of the younger ones. It was after I heard him say as he walked out the back door, “I’ll see you later,” and I responded, “Good luck…

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