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listen to this story

he is parking a car under a tree he doesn’t know is about to fall. the tree is a house but not a tree house and in it live all of the regrets that shape the shape of his past, one that sounds like a whimpering dog with no future.

M.G. Martin is the author of One For None (Ink 2010.) His work has appeared or is forthcoming in ZYZZYVA, elimae, >kill author and Explosion Proof, among others. M.G. lives in Brooklyn with Tess Patalano, the lady poet & Ihu, the lady dog. He once karate chopped Billy Collins in the neck. Find him online at http://www.mgmartin.tumblr.com & @themgmartin.