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THE BIRDS WE PILED LOOSELY • ISSUE 10 • JANUARY 2017

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AFTER <strong>THE</strong> RAIN<br />

by Tasha Fouts<br />

the whole thing<br />

becomes sodden:<br />

the drunk weight of peonies<br />

the exhaustion of grass<br />

the way the tree’s branches<br />

are totally breathless.<br />

and yet<br />

from somewhere in this sleep<br />

the night’s air stirs -<br />

a wing-beat? a song-thrush? a cicada’s lust?<br />

A leaf upturns<br />

its underside soft and white as your belly.<br />

The Masters Revisited Pieter Bruegel Herring for Sake of Roes<br />

Don’t Count Chickens Bells Cat Hat on Pillar<br />

Allen Forrest<br />

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