Unpacking
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We move in two weeks before lockdown. The house is full of spiders. At first, we release them, then invite them to stay. We feed feral kittens abandoned beneath the house in those first quiet days, leave food and water for birds and hedgehogs. We trust in routine, but love what flickers in or out. [End Page 420]
Michael McLane
Michael McLane is an editor with the journals saltfront and Sugar House Review. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Western Humanities Review, Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, and South Dakota Review. He is a PhD candidate in the International Institute for Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
