Give Me a Reason
by Marc Carver
I have the same feeling I had before the covid
people would walk away from me 
or look at me strangely 
or worry when I got too close to them 

Musical Interlude I 
by Crystal Stone
My country tis of thee
-se sticker name-tag interruptions,
of citizen strangers,

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In Place
by Cheryl Dumesnil
On the sixth day, I soak
cotton balls in peppermint oil 

and stake them into mounds 
the gophers have erupted