DISTURBED ROOTS BY JULIE MAE PIGOTT I didn’t see her because dragonfly wings are translucent. I never looked for her, because during the day, phosphorescence isn’t visible to the naked…

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RED GALOSHES BY JULIE MAE PIGOTT I’ve been looking in mirrors. Searching for reflections of belonging. Begging for someone to teach me the undecipherable code of family roots. I look…

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LONGING TO BELONG BY JULIE MAE PIGOTT Longing to belong I walk cold water beaches stopping to caress thunderworn treesbranches broken and torn offroots tangled still clinging to rocks clinging to memories of an…

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Toothless BY JULIE MAE PIGOTT In the attic of our sage green, 850-square-foot house on West 12th Street in Juneau, Alaska, Ben found four things:   An old wicker baby stroller…

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