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poemBy Wo ChanBeauty on earth so blue, even the cheese flowersa culture with no democracy... Yesterday (for example),I ate the same sandwich I eat every week: eggplantroasted in red pepper aioli, a focaccia jammed fullby arugula, capers sweaty in browned butter....
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poemBy Sharon OldsAs our daughter approaches graduation andpuberty at the same time, at herown, calm, deliberate, serious rate,she begins to kick up her heels, jazz out herhands, thrust out her hipbones, chantI’m great! I’m great! She feels 8th grade comingopen around her,...
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