The Threepenny Review

Now and Then

1. The Borough

James is walking down Main Street, he’s putting One foot ahead of the other, one, two, He’s watching an egret

Stepping through the reeds, Its body alert, then frozen, looking for fish. Why can’t he walk like that? Behind the broken-down wall

That’s Lynn and Jeff’s house. There’s

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