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FIRST KISSES Out of sight, I kissed brown, crumbly pasture, gray coral of antlers, daddy longlegs cupped quivering, but not my mother, father, or any boy. I kissed light condensed in milky quartz, limestone pregnant with shells, puddles where drowned earthworms settled, soft roots and rotting sticks, but not my face puckered in the car’s scalding mirror. I kissed white cats who slept underneath cows, rusted rain barrels where June bugs scrabbled in water, and fresh mud, telltale impressions I wanted you to find.  ...

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