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Mundane Magic

Seen through water

Usually, when we shower, we don’t expect to be intruded upon.

It’s Sunday—that time between dinnertime and midnight when the night abutting my door is the perfect thickness, like a sable blanket. I’m in bed, still in my day clothes, …

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Mundane Magic

Seen through glass

The man wearing a baseball cap approaches our front door. Far from the door he stops and lays the box on our lawn of mostly hot dirt. Intrigued, I pause beside the stairwell. Just visible beyond the window trim is …

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