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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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A Man Walks into a Bar

by Robert Barhite I hate cops. I grew up in Postville, Iowa, way up in the northeast corner of the state and not too far from the Mississippi River. Nothing much ever changed in my hometown. I went to the same red brick two story grade school built in 1908…

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