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Table of Contents<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

Editor\u2019s note<\/a><\/p>\n

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Poetry:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Weight of a Palm | Shirin Adel<\/a><\/p>\n

Dad. Brain Cancer I Anna Ilyasova<\/a><\/p>\n

Discharge Summary I Shirin Adel<\/a><\/p>\n

Jehovah’s Witness I Anonymous<\/a><\/p>\n

MS3 Limericks | Zack Stern<\/a><\/p>\n

Children’s Sabbath | Samantha Kodikara<\/a><\/p>\n

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Prose:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cesarean | Cooper Swann<\/a><\/p>\n

The Reversal | Joshua Romero<\/a><\/p>\n

Beneath the Surface I Casen Whitehead<\/a><\/p>\n

Reflections I Neha Jain<\/a><\/p>\n

A Little Dose of Compassion I Zack Stern<\/a><\/p>\n

Priorities | Anonymous<\/a><\/p>\n

Little Black Girl, Little Yellow Bows | Jocelyn “J” Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n

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Art and Photography:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Violet Haze I Danielle Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s to Come I Victor Brozovsky<\/a><\/p>\n

Water I Joseph LaVigne<\/a><\/p>\n

Clouds I Joseph LaVigne<\/a><\/p>\n

Neurology Still Life I Hannah Noah<\/a><\/p>\n

Pause Between Wings I Alina Shcherbakova<\/a><\/p>\n

Colegio Yvynar\u00e1 I Maria Fonseca<\/a><\/p>\n

Symbiosis I Danielle Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n

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