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ISSN: 1941-4137 |
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Volume Six Issue One |
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Winter Doves and Phantoms on State Road 85 The brown shoulder shivered a flush of winter doves. They flapped onto the road and upward. The sky and asphalt scattered so; I didn't know which way to look. Panic hit the brake, cursed the harsh light of late year. I tell you, I could not tell shadow from real. I braced for bones. Focused in the rearview, I saw the feathered truth that flew. I felt the phantoms slip beneath my wheels and fade behind me. |
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