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Jul 2015
A penance of fruit flies
races me to the lug of peaches.
where steaming jars wait for
the suppers of a winter not yet
more than a vague chill
beneath a sweater left unbuttoned.
A short poem that came to mind when I thought back to my days of canning.
Sherry Asbury
Written by
Sherry Asbury  Portland, Oregon
(Portland, Oregon)   
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   acacia, kayla, Amy H and Camron Elliott
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