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city park and took a walk.
“Here you go,” I said handing the bag of muffins to a guy living on a bench.
“Thanks. What is it?”
“Entanglements. Enjoy them.”
“What’re they, German?” he said looking in the bag.
“They’re from Colorado.”
The guy was digging in and watching me walk away at the same time.
“Here you go,” I said handing the bag of muffins to a guy living on a bench.
“Thanks. What is it?”
“Entanglements. Enjoy them.”
“What’re they, German?” he said looking in the bag.
“They’re from Colorado.”
The guy was digging in and watching me walk away at the same time.


I stand by the fire. I’m naked, too. Last night was the last night for us. I pee in the fire, and it hurts. A black snake out of season goes heavy across my foot. The snake wraps my ankle because I’m warm.
I grew up with snakes. We kept them in the basement and pulled them out on Sundays. My mother prayed for her hair to turn into snakes so she could always be tested. She stuck her head in one of the snake boxes and yelled, and that’s how she lost her nose. My family has a lot of incomplete ghosts.
I’m quiet, but Lee sees me anyway. He puts his tongue away and pulls his hand out of the deer. He stands, and he’s mostly blood. I try to make a face he can’t read.
I fail.
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