Saturday, August 23, 2008

Eric Burke: BY NATURE

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The vacant field in which my father's dandelions were growing was now on fire. Neighbors whose yards bordered the field were rushing in, shouting, trying to beat the fire out with shovels. He was, I saw, among them.


whatever the opposite of fine
that kind of marker—
painting my toenails black


by Eric Burke
Columbus, Ohio

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