Fall 2021 Online Edition

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Rest for Sad Children By Starr Osborne They fall asleep, tilted over like tea kettles Left on the stove for too long Lacking, melting, left boiling But now there is nothing Nothing, but a light simmer Not enough to burn, Just enough to disturb And this is why they rest.

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