1952 AUGUST Maple leaves wilt to plastic wrap in the tent of heat pitched over the day. Hidden cicadas buzz like the back doorbell under the thumb of a neighbor’s child. Beneath a tree-umbrella, a girl rides a raft of roots, dirt-cool, idly rubbing the bark. PJC 1982
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Thought, Emotion, and Feeling Part One
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1952 AUGUST Maple leaves wilt to plastic wrap in the tent of heat pitched over the day. Hidden cicadas buzz like the back doorbell under the thumb of a neighbor’s child. Beneath a tree-umbrella, a girl rides a raft of roots, dirt-cool, idly rubbing the bark. PJC 1982