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Dinerstein and Jacks: The writing life in three parts of the world

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Dinerstein and Jacks: The writing life in three parts of the world

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Kate tells him that she wants a beer to bear her name so she might meet the lips of a thousand young men. Lev is still tasting the residue of his new, citrus-flavored toothpaste. This stuff must leave more decay than my cereal, he replies, and looks at her sweetly. Hi baby, she says; Hi baby, he says and moves closer. Lev steals her nose with a pinch of two fingers. This is Saturday.

Poem - Cursory

The crease below the palm is red from your wax sheet: the shape of a dragon, turned down to me—

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