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Janine Mercer

Corvus Review

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There’s nothing more boring on a trip than standing on that little bus that takes you
from the airport gate to your plane.
Especially if you got there early. Ugh, that was stupid.

Can We Fly Already?

The Bird

Packing

pg. 53 "Everyone's got their own Jesus...For me, Jesus glued to the toilet is a putrid portrait, one in which he’s humbled by his humanity"

Hunched Humility

The tests, which seemed an exciting next step in their relationship, now appeared to mark
their final chapter as a couple. The likelihood of their children being born with a terminal disease tripled by a shared mutation in their DNA. 

Do Not Associate

From far away her longing reaches me in my dreaming. I find her sheltering from the afternoon sun in the sparse shade of an acacia, trickling handfuls of red dust through her fingers as she thinks of me. 

The Song of Me

Know this: We are not gone. If you try, you can feel our touch in the petals of a flower or in the breeze that ruffles the grass and the leaves. If you look hard, you can see our reflection in the clouds and the lake.

All You Need to Know About Ghosts

Full Corduroy in the Nickel Package of Your Love

Page 84

"Sunset feels like a threat and a promise here: it will darken and then lighten; the heat will rise. We will do this dance again tomorrow, and I will be here—waiting."

Corvus Review

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