the columbia review
Winter Afternoon Emily Zhang There is a dead bird in the lake. A boy in the tree. People around the bird. A lake in the boy’s large milky eyes. Feathers on the bird. People in the lake. Their shoes all wet and muddy. Feathers in the leaves. Milk in the lake. The bird all wet and muddy. The boy watching the bird. The bird watching the lake. The people watching their shoes. The lake churning itself. The boy churning the bird.
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