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to trace back a line in the sand. to follow a path of no return. to tread a path lightly. paths of the forest that she'd imagined in the pages of her journal.*


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a collapsable pizza box on the gingham dining room table in morning. empty


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piss smell in the tunnel of old town station between platforms. liminal


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a pile of dry kelp on the sand. browning


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a kitchen floor. mopped


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a pregnancy test discarded in the trash can. negative


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a shadow on a face


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perfume from previous person passing by



from old french tracier: look for, follow, pursue


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wrinkles & veins in a sagging arm


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a disemboweled payphone


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glistening water on a torso


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watermark of coffee on a white tank top


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a fly on a wall


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flying of a plane above as though a bird gathering dust


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car alarm activated in darkness of time


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buzzing of power lines in the marine layer


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a constant is a sound



loss means the inability to go backwards.how willful the streets were in the death of the afternoon.



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broken glass scattered on 30th and university


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reflection of lamp in the nighttime window


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a murmur


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petrichor


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verge of snowfall


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something about salt


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graphite marks on a white seminar table


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shadow of trolley’s antennae against the surface of a wall


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стая голубей


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lifeguard station #33 “on duty.” closed


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gold kernels swirl in the ocean


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i am unsettled


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coyote walking through normal heights in broad daylight


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something about loss.


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blue spots in gray morning sky


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highway like the ocean waling


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dream


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clothing on a bed


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*the italicized phrase in the opening passage is taken from cristina rivera garza

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