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7.9 inches of rain fell in Central Park last night<\/p>\n

dead cicadas on the crosswalk\u00a0 \u00a0their bodies bunched<\/p>\n

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in brittle knots\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sticky candy sky<\/p>\n

bright with grief\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 branches submerged<\/p>\n

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by the weight\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0of our silence\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a letter unread<\/p>\n

a door closed firmly\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0& all at once<\/p>\n

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the red mailbox collapses\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 my house teeters<\/p>\n

rafters yearn for sleep\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 weeping in fresh<\/p>\n

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darkness\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0as faith slips from us\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I mourn<\/p>\n

the certainty of the street lamp\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0folly of the old road<\/p>\n

& we cannot turn back<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Faulkner<\/strong> is a London-born poet, arts educator, and climate activist. Her poems have been published in Solstice Magazine<\/em>, Smoke Magazine<\/em>, Wild Roof Journal<\/em>, Pedestal Magazine<\/em>, The Maine Review<\/em>, On the Seawall<\/em>, Into the Void<\/em>, and other journals. She was anthologized in the Best New British and Irish Poets 2019-2021<\/em>, and was a semifinalist for the 2021 Red Wheelbarrow Prize. Rebecca was a 2021 Poetry Fellow at the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Leeds, and a Ph.D. from the University of London. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  7.9 inches of rain fell in Central Park last night dead cicadas on the crosswalk\u00a0 \u00a0their bodies bunched   in brittle knots\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sticky candy sky bright with grief\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 branches submerged   by the weight\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0of our silence\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a letter unread a door closed firmly\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0& […]<\/p>\n

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