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FROM The Indiana Review
I opened the car door and noticed
a sparrow sitting in the passenger seat.
Howdy, I said.
Howdy.
And I drove for eleven hours, through three states, attended the funeral, slept on the couch, heard the whispers, ate the brunch, folded the sheet, hugged, hugged,
and opened the car door and noticed
a sparrow sitting in the passenger seat.
Howdy, I said.
Howdy.