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    “A Stranger Named Plague” by Stephanie Dickinson

    May 27, 2020 /

    Above: “Three Horses Tended by Men” by Umberto Boccioni 
    Stone Pavement

    1981, Houston 

    &
    You _arrive_in the _time of _azaleas _and heat wave. _Hungry_ for the
    high _yellow _of _a _Gulf _Coast _scorcher,_ you _eat on _Texas _Street
    where oil _drum _cookers,

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