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Friday, July 4th, 2008
“Mail-Order Tadpoles” by Lisa Hickey
Lisa Hickey
MAIL ORDER TADPOLES
1.) Arrival
The postman hands me the brown corrugated envelope
one sleety day in March. Inside, a zip-lock bag
containing eggs the size of a pinhead, jelled together.
My daughters gingerly hold the bag up to the light.
Like a nineteenth century lumberjack
who just received his bride,
we are eager to see how ours will blossom.
2.) Birth
Saucer, water, [...]
