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Country Holiday Hundreds of birds have just perched in the Osage orange’s branches like a department store’s overdecorated Christmas tree. The ornate, vermiculated fruit— skin a green mezzotint of its smooth orange cousin’s— hangs like avant-garde ornaments the buyer bought too many of. Squirrels circle below—toy trains— and butterflies flurry their fake snow here and there for effect. I’m glad it’s July so I can just enjoy it, glad I’m a Jew and there’s nothing to buy. 34 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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