February 2012
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Mountain Meadows
A little while later we were driving through the woods and came upon a summer camp. Cabins on stilts. A bridge over a creek. Blackbirds sitting on a ramblewire fence. A meadow. A barn. An archery range. Haystack targets.
In the cafeteria the campers were eating lunch. It was noisy with plates and cups. Someone was playing a guitar. The children looked wild and hungry. They ate any food they saw....
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Valentine's Day
An advertisement depicting a woman who scorns traditional Valentine’s Day gifts favors a sixfoot tall ruxpin teddy bear.
The roses go in the trash. A box of chocolates upended.
Does she want those things?
She does not. She wants the ruxpin teddy.
Pirouetting in stilettos, cheeks flushed from hefting teddy’s weight.
This is the man. This is the man for me.
Teddy in the car, teddy...
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1/28/12. Organ practice. Palm Beach. Florida.