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Cousins By R. S. Carlson The "Mr. and Mrs. Rod Chambers" of New York didn't fit the Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota and Virginia addresses that held Nordic and a few German names in the parents' past. Sheer blank faded to suspicion that we knew some "Chambers" in the Midwest, but none who lived in the Big Apple. Then clear recall brought the second cousin's face bent to the squeaking ears of corn we husked to wrap in foil for the humid barbecue before her wedding, the far days discussed past my thirteen-year-old's curfew into shadows porch light didn't chase. © Copyright 2003, R.S. Carlson, All Rights Reserved. |
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