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  Tabletop Dancing

  

  By Natalie96, Wilmette, IL

  My sister dances brashly on the kitchen table, limbs and hair a flying blur, at once here and everywhere; there is no shame in improvised jigs and songs poorly sung, she says, as she does her jaunty Irish step and her voice echoes loud up three flights of stairs. Go to sleep, we’d tell her...
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  Monsters and Fireflies

  

  By Natalie96, Wilmette, IL

  In the fields where the bodies stand, and each irretrievable stride or quivering stroke brought closer the edge and plains beyond both; here the protector reneged and the helping hand was dropped. Of monsters and fireflies the child dreams, and the gloom turns yellow and bright. Of monsters al...
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  Spilled

  

  By Natalie96, Wilmette, IL

  There are crystals lining the floor, a mirage of facet upon facet of light blue. There is a system behind change, a little hand that chooses indiscriminately – this bud must shrivel, but this tile must shine, under the influence of spilled water. On the ceiling the floor reflects, turning...