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It was very small,
at first. Then, we looked
into it and saw
our mothers' faces
in the gold filigree,
fish-mouthed, weeping
at what we had done.

Then, a wave of tinny violins
overtook us like giant white
naked bats. The kitchen
got smaller and smaller, the sound
got bigger and bigger, music filled the room,
a handful of falling icicles
trickling to a halt—

no more music, then.
It swallowed all our whole
eyes; we were left
unblinking, slicing
carrots mid-chop,
upset buttermilk carton
and bloody fingers.

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from Children of the Anxious City, released January 14, 2019

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Al Russell North Carolina

Al Russell is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of New Hampshire. She is a poetry editor at Outlook Springs literary journal. She is also an ordained minister of the Church of the Subgenius. She lives in North Carolina.

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