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(After the rain a steamy run)

by April Claggett

After the rain a steamy run
And the hundredth orange newt
Tangerine peel on stained macadam
Do I stoop to lift it across?
Salvation is ever uncertain.

 

Icy River
Photograph by Molly Berard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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