Nate Shears

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“Flower in a Fractured Vase” by Nate Shears

Submitted to Contest #146

The sun blinks behind a row of clouds, overlooking the garden where I sit between the arms of an old wooden bench. About my feet, purple crocuses poke their heads through the patchwork of grass, still damp from the early morning rain. Above, birds flutter from tree to tree singing love songs to one another, a welcomed sound after the frozen silence of winter. A feeder was hung for them in the hands of a large birch at the center of the yard. Chickadees, white-throated sparrows, house finches, and the scattered grackle (I know all their names...

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