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Park Bench

by Alan Shapiro
Issue #111
Spring 2010
Behind the bench the Drive, before the bench the River. Behind the bench, white lights approaching east and west become red lights receding west and east while before the bench, there are paved and unpaved pathways and a grassy field,...

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