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Forest Floor
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FOREST FLOOR Stillebethou,Sathanas! Theysfallenambesaas. Wendestthouichwerededfornoht? ANON.,THEHARROWINGOFHELL,CA.1300 ThewinterIwastwenty, IfellinlovewithJames, ananimateisolatewhoread medievalmiracleplays inabasementsowet thatslugscrossedthefloor, slowerthanslowsex. Theycarriedessentialelements (water?darkness?DNA?) inbodiesthatdoubledasheads. Welaydampinbed whileupstairs,James’sdad, afamousconservationist, drankwhiskeyandtyped,working alldayinscary-hugewhite men’sbriefs.Neverpants. Jamessaidhedreamed ofknowingonlydeadlanguages, sohewouldn’thavetotalk tohisfather.Theirhouse smelledlikealonghike: cedar,smoke,andsweat, andtheirlandwentonformiles ofDouglasfir. Thespaceheaterburnedred asanallegoricalSatan— luxuriantwithpollution. 57 Thefatherbangedhiskeys: DearSenatorMurray, DearSenatorGorton, aswelaythere underground, unforgiven. 58 ...