<div class="body-text">Boyfriend home on four days of leave, I borrow Mom’s pickup and we go for a drive. Windows down, radio up. AC/DC. Deep Purple. Cream. Heart. Scent of mint fields and the slow glide of a hawk. Pause in the pullout beside what was once his grandparents’ house. Stretch our legs to the chatter of swallows. I’ve lost track of time. He hasn’t. Due for dinner with his mom in half an hour, he asks for the keys. I’m hesitant, but he’s the faster driver.</div>
<div class="line"> &nbsp; </div>
<div class="line2">ring box—</div>
<div class="line2">my answer</div>
<div class="line2">in the form of a question</div>
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Exceptions with the Sloughing Off

Fourth of July

<p class="epil"><i>a rengay written on a Washington State Ferry</i></p>
<div class="line">salmon time—</div>
<div class="line">the path to the creek</div>
<div class="line">free of cobwebs</div>
<div class="line7"><span style="font-style: italic;">mdw</span></div>
<div class="line"> </div>
<div class="line1">he warns us again—</div>
<div class="line1">don’t eat the pufferfish</div>
<div class="line7"><span style="font-style: italic;">crm</span></div>
<div class="line"> </div>
<div class="line">field trip—</div>
<div class="line">the cold stare</div>
<div class="line">of the passing shark</div>
<div class="line7"><span style="font-style: italic;">tm</span></div>
<div class="line"> </div>
<div class="line1">the guppy circling</div>
<div class="line1">down the toilet</div>
<div class="line7"><span style="font-style: italic;">mdw</span></div>
<div class="line"> </div>
<div class="line">motionless angelfish—</div>
<div class="line">still waiting</div>
<div class="line">for my order</div>
<div class="line7"><span style="font-style: italic;">crm</span></div>
<div class="line"> </div>
<div class="line1">one fish, two fish</div>
<div class="line1">I switch off her bedside lamp</div>
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Who Breathed in Binders

Something Fishy

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Connection between the Product type and the Product type

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Connection between the Product type and the TermNode type

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Connection between the Product type and the visibleProduct type

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