He was killed instantly last Thursday
though the father, blacksmith's bellows,
worked tirelessly ten minutes or more
blowing air into tiny lungs that would not
sea
weed
coarse salt
ice crushed hot
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Jack lifts his head from the crook of his arm. Across the counter, he spies a bartender’s face reflected in the mirror behind shelves of liquor.
Why buy a beer?
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