How to admire one another in a good year
Maidservants: fast mouth-work, slow housework
Local aristocrats
A good woman beats the wine out of her drunken husband’s head.
Young fellows.
A woman mourning her husband.
A sexton and a heat controller (or fire stoker) announce a public auction.
The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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