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Mara Okonkwo
Writes short, writes often. Will tell you if a line is doing nothing.
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00AppetiteI wanted the house.
I wanted the man in the house.Waiting on a reader01Sunday, Nobody ComingThe house does its own noises:
the fridge, the pipes, the third stair.Waiting on a reader02What the Neighbors HeardNot the plates. We never broke plates.
What they heard was quieter than that —Waiting on a reader03Porch Lightthe porch light left on
long after the last goodnight —Waiting on a reader04Kitchen, 3 a.m.The fridge hums its one note
and I stand in its light1 critique
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