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issue 3: HEATWAVE

dost thou know me?

AURA MARTIN
Cento from Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel
              The fake moon is almost always brighter than the real one.
​              The fevered summers of this century, this impossible heat. The lake glitters through the trees. Nothing crosses the sky except birds and shooting stars.
​              The last thing he ever did made him happy.
​              Tears silent and constant.
​              There’s still a world out there. A woman washes clothes, and a young man down the street plays the saxophone.
​              Let’s walk further.
​              The cartoonist leaves her drafting table and goes down to the kitchen for a second cup of tea. If she could only remember their faces - somewhere near. Adulthood is full of ghosts.

Aura Martin graduated from Truman State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She is the author of the micro-chapbook Thumbprint Lizards (Maverick Duck Press). Her work has appeared in ang(st) zine, dreams walking, and Fully Lit Magazine, among others. Find her on Twitter @instamartin17.
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