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And have I found mine? Does it matter, or is it This viscera of self. This living flesh, pink and ani- lost in the crowd or in a wilderness? mate, glistening. Speak your mind. Look in your
EEEEE, AAAAAA, I practice, hoping to improve. Yawn, relax the throat. Try to hold middle C. Use a kazoo-like sound and keep the sound in front of my mouth. Practice up the scale using the
heart and write. These neurons. Synapses. Feel- ings. This wonder and this enterprise.
Henry is the founding editor of Ploughshares literary magazine and kazoo sound and then breathe and slide down. was awarded the Commonwealth Award in 1992. His novel The Mar-
Exclaim, “Hey, you!” Slow down my rate of talk- ing in order to better coordinate my breathing and phonating.
riage of Anna Maye Potts won the Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel, and his short story “Witness” was awarded the Pushcart Prize. His short works have been published in Brevity, Solstice, The Harvard Review, and The Iowa Review.
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Runoff
acrylic and watercolor ink on canvas
16'' x 20''
By David D’Agostino