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[4] the reSCUe It’s not about closure. It’s about justice. —John Walsh, father to Adam Walsh today in the news: Miraculous Rescue. An uncle drags a shark to shore to save his near-dead nephew. A bull of a shark, the arm that it tore from the boy when he waved for help fueled the beast’s palate; its tail in the uncle’s grip, a blur of blood claret and kelp; the husks from his palms, a grim and edible kale. i want a shark that i can wrestle and make it spit you out. to make it yearn for its strength, to thrash about as i nestle its nose in my grip. i want to turn you loose from a palpable place: a well, a shed, a jaw. i want the monster to face me and beg for the law. ...

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