Freshwater Literary Journal 2021

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Ace Boggess Camel Crickets follow autumn into the house as if to flee a chill we’ve yet to know. Ugly little excised tumors, they grow from carpet, walls, hanging towels, shoes. How do they enter? Teleporters from the future, bringing foreboding, they carry stories like disease. We will not listen, preferring to torch the residence to rid ourselves of omens.

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