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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

FIRST CONTACT POST ELECTION

by Susan Martell Huebner




Yesterday, my neighbor offered cranberries, 

an ordinary gifting, one baker to another. She chanced the wet, slick grass

between our houses. I put down my anger, unlocked my back door.


Susan Martell Huebner lives and writes in Mukwonago WI. Her work has appeared in many online and print journals. She writes across the genres. Find her printed work at Finishing Line Press, Kelsay Publications, and Amazon.