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“The Forest for the Trees” by Thomas Pluck

Sirens echoed off the towering oaks of Branch Brook Park. Paulie ignored them. They’d find the wreck soon enough. Cherry blossoms made a white belt across the rolling green. He slid under a bough. The petals left confetti in his hair. Was it this one? He ran his sticky, stained fingers over the bark. No. […]

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