Some foreign port (clippings from Willa Cather)

Jul 25, 2019 By Alison Leslie Gold in Folds No Comments

for some foreign port

cooler and cooler

his muffin carefully

the wind early

as many rivers

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Blue storm clouds (slices from Anita Desai)

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Quick jink (pats from Nicola Barker)

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Far from yet (crumbs from Charlotte Brontë)

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Answer to an unasked question (scales from Anne Youngson)

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Unwashed and (flakes from Jessa Crispin)

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Not so new addiction VII

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Truth is terrible (scales from Olga Tokarczuk)

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