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				Of course that’s seen 
                behind a screen. The lake
                by day is patternless gray, 
                the O of breath-
                stoked mirror or a chain-
                smoked sky, slim fingers rising 
              
					
				 
				
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				The air is motionless. Not even a puff of a breeze. We sit on the front porch, swatting at mosquitos and watching fireflies.  “Christ, it's humid. It's like wearing a wet towel.”  Thunder rumbles across the lake, echoing off the water like a rolling suitcase on… 
					
				 
				
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				not that we ever had before 
					
				 
				
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