A Tree Grows Live in Brooklyn (A Live Recording at On Air Fest 2020)
The Paris Review
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The Importance of Peace
There were only two types of men Those who would tell and those who would return She bit his ear, ran her tongue behind the lobe And what if I'm neither? he said. The way she stroked his throat was dangerous, was mesmerizing, was horrid Was wonderful And I should keep you as a secret pet In the grave dawn, the merchant slipped from her room and untied his horse He was an hour outside the village When he remembered he left all his hats there On the woman's table, 50, 70, 100, however many he hadn't sold.
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