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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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Beginners Dance

by Bleuzette LaFeir One. Two. Three. Begin: My first breath is thin air. Elevated. Seventy-five-hundred feet. The desert and the mountains. The light? Brilliant, harsh even, yet buffered through creamy cloth. Thinned further by slips of silver smoke that layer through the living room. Thick, earthy scents of meat wave…

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