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Jack B. Bedell

Ghosts of Birds

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—Antieau Gallery, NOLA So few bones amongst the stars they are like stars themselves floating against dark sky, their flight peaceful, impossibly buoyant, featherless. What could live sparrows do to…

Caroline Bardwell

Valley of Bones

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Through stacks of bones his eyes did wade, a sea of broken bodies piled. Ezekiel breathed and flesh was made and soon the place was running wild. New lives restored…