Atlas and Alice Literary Magazine

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A Series of Unlikely Explanations by Deborah Purdy

It could be the curse of a too-long remembering Any reprieve would be welcome if it could be found in a grain of salt, settled in threads of a feather, situated in time with the others. It could be the blessing of a pearl in a web woven by traveling sisters, worn down by time and in time for the unveiling.

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