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33 THE SNOW-WOMAN Her฀body’s฀weighty,฀two฀snow-balls, and฀so฀white฀she฀leeches฀red฀paint฀from฀the฀sled. The฀whole฀yard฀resembles฀her:฀white฀getting฀whiter as฀if฀it฀were฀all฀in฀her฀head. Yesterday฀she฀fell฀in฀a฀trance฀from฀the฀sky. I฀gave฀her฀buttons฀and฀two฀coal฀eyes. She฀is฀an฀ambassador฀from฀the฀Old฀Order, from฀the฀ice฀force฀that฀carved฀out฀the฀Kettle฀Moraine. Her฀mineral฀rights฀are฀clear:฀she฀shares฀the฀past with฀the฀stars฀and฀carries฀a฀stillness฀so฀vast฀it฀moves like฀a฀glacier฀across฀the฀yard. She฀asks฀nothing฀of฀me.฀I฀ask฀nothing฀in฀return. I฀am฀genetically฀closer฀to฀mushrooms than฀to฀her.฀Her฀roots฀are฀elsewhere,฀like฀the฀roots of฀the฀daughter฀I฀will฀never฀bear, and฀so฀things฀settle฀between฀us. ...

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