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15 MOUNTAIN POND I stumble out knockkneed ,nervous,on a blank sheet of ice,scrawl a random sentence,something about momentum,in shaky cursive,glittering but unintelligible,then revise it,sprawl facedown ,like so much spilled ink,pick myself up and wobble off,letters looping as an ancient scroll,scratch another cryptic phrase,end with a flourish somewhere by the pond’s edge,a morning’s marginalia,turn to read the story I’ve begun, a child’s wild scripture, graceless,illuminated 16 This page intentionally left blank. ...

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