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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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The Other Side of God’s Day

by Ree Davis I seize the rooster from his perch above the hens. They ruffle against the side of the coop and fill in around my skirts as I carry their cockerel outside. He fights against the fingers I wrap beneath the pointed feathers of his neck to hold back…

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