The Stratford Quarterly Issue 1

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Yuan Changming South China Cicada no human ear has ever heard of you cloistering yourself deep in the soil silently sucking all sounds from roots for more than thirteen years in a row until high up on a summer painted twig you slough off your earthly self pouring all your being in a single song before the sun sets for the yellow leaf

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