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Bright Fruit
My inflection but it’s her sewing machine
the original address contained
walk from it
a trick is the book
the essence of the trip
impersonating Arkansas
They could summon only you
moving furniture against the walls
he refrained from assigning previous sentences
around small books
smaller dogs
the difficulties lie
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Sarah Mangold is the author of Household Mechanics (New Issues), Parlor (Dusie kollectiv), Picture of the Basket (Dusie kollectiv), Boxer Rebellion (g o n g), Blood Substitutes (Potes & Poets), and the forthcoming Cupcake Royale. She lives and works in Seattle where she edits Bird Dog, a journal of innovative writing and art. With Maryrose Larkin, she co-edits Flash + Card, a chapbook and ephemera press.
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