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DocuSign Envelope ID: DED368CC-D87F-4704-8F64-B8F2DB10EE93 <br /> "Recovery," The Southern Review, Autumn 7015 <br /> Rec4very <br /> For years the trees had no one <br /> to look over them. <br /> ins followed by drought <br /> followed by floods and other hardships <br /> kept them alone in the cycle <br /> of winter,spring, summer, fall. <br /> Sometimes they shivered <br /> while snow balanced on branches. <br /> Cars drifted past, wide brims of light at night, <br /> not even a glance,and the ground <br /> was absorbed with its own issues <br /> of sun or shade, rain or dew. <br /> Finally from a nearby window came the faces <br /> of two girls and their voices calling to the birds <br /> who sang in the trees,the deer chewing leaves, <br /> the rabbits and squirrels, Quiet, he quiet, <br /> our mother's sick and she's sleeping, <br /> Day after day their mother turned <br /> toward the window—awakening. <br /> K. B.Young 8 <br />