Columbus wore a similar smile, his face split in triumph, when he first caught sight of a dark line …
Author: Lillian Snortland "chaimihai"
The Berry Fish Pie
back when Grandmother had one breast and i had none
she helped me realize strange visions,
the particulars only a child conjured.
i asked for a birthday pie shaped like a fish
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