The Birch   I scramble up the slippery trunk. I’m five, in my own backyard. I fling my one leg, then the other, hoist myself into the tree.   Then I crack open the shells of my sunflower seeds, wiggle out the kernels with the tip of my tongue,   spit the empty shells down […]

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