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Farming Silence | Lauren Ashleigh Kenny The doe waiting to be skinned stares like a quiet girl in the dark straining for her mother’s voice. Though it is not women’s work, Ellie sharpens the knife. There are no memories in this room anymore, besides the sounds of blood drying on the uneven plywood and the Blue Ticks panting at the door. In another faceless room, a blind man reaches for a woman whose absence is felt like trying to touch a tongue to a missing tooth. When she returns he smells field hands on her empty breasts. Wet and silent, the stone is ready.  read about the author Contributors.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0
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