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Night in the Unoccupied Lot, Michaela Mayer
something moving among the far pines.
not their drooping boughs, but between
them. a lifted head, huff of breath—or
susurrus of wind, shush of dry needles.
Michaela Mayer is a 25-year-old kindergarten teacher and poet from Virginia. Her works have been previously published in Burning House Press, Mineral Lit Mag, Minute Magazine, Snapdragon Journal, Winged Nation, Perhappened, and Windows Facing Windows. She can be found on Twitter @mswannmayer5.