The Cedarville Review 2022

12 HOME REMEDIES Megan Collom Maddy’s giggles blow bubbles with Grandma’s cigarette smoke. They jump with her coughs, colliding in whiskeyed breath and mumbled swears. Maddy’s scraped knee remedied by press-on nails, the Avon catalog, her picture book. They read of cloudy diamonds and chunky mascara. An epic told on glossed paper.

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