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“She Swims Like a Fish,” “Penance and Reconciliation” and “On the Fritz”

Issue 27 by Marlee Abbott

A fish taught me to swim.
He wore a woven crown of kelp upon his head—
he was, he told me, the king of the sea.
He found me standing on the sandy shore
and invited me to join him in the waves.
This really happened.

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