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    Milkshake
    Milkshake
    Milkshake
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    Milkshake

    By Travis Dahlke

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    "A man's face hangs in the heat outside my aunt's car. Years ago, before I was born, it was my face. In the here and now of this aspen-green pearl Toyota Camry, woozy from the hot Sprite fumes, I am a mulch dealer reincarnate."


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLong Day Press
    Release dateApr 12, 2022
    ISBN9781088023433
    Milkshake
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    Travis Dahlke

    Travis Dahlke is a writer from Connecticut (Kinnect-ik-ik-ut) with work appearing in Joyland, Structo, Sporklet, No Contact, SAND Journal, and The Longleaf Review, among other literary journals and collections. He is the author of Hollow as Legs (Otherwhere, 2017) and Mount Summer (Out to Lunch Records, 2021).

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