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By Jack Joseph Smith
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the thought, a-resurgance quivered’ in Animal's
throat. To question the emotion from star to
voids THe graywhite-steer cords: tied’ into the-
continuous: form of antumed, No -Blue-veins:
connected to the heart for pumping.
But‘algo-therey with eyes: like -those-linghg
up a leverage-board to lift. or-let down, Maria's
applied dependence on Montrea?!s hold on her-
reality faded‘ out from any focus on mystery
untill the scene -stoppede
"It is gones"
"Yes, it is time-for me to go to lying im my
Wed; and dream beyond’ tomorrow for my: daughterse"
"Gan they-not dream for thenselves?"
"But Monsieur, my daughters:sleep walk with
their elippers on."
The night passed, The mam from Montreal had’
gone to sleep in Maria's homes The next. morning,
saddéned; he hea “leet knowing that the changes: of :
the beaeh would’ strip ‘her. last. dignity from her,
which was: her homes It would be torn down, crumb-
8 led’ within not’ to long a period of times And then
whereewould her daughters go, but to marriage? Te
watch their forced youth walk away would certainly
e-the death of Maria, for no mothers warm home
cae would’ exist, not ewen for Holydayse
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