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Shooting Down the Mistletoe

God is real, I know,because you have to shoot down mistletoe —don’t believe me? Look it up — then look upto higher branches, drop in two twinshotgun shells — Holidays in Tennessee,& New Year’s Eve she & I sobourbon-blitzed at the neighbors’backyard fire we stumbledhome to strip our tree — then dragit back denuded — I hope you knowhow dry pine catches — the flame the heatthe straight up singe — what were wewhat we werewhat were we burning Reed Turchi is a poet and musician from Swannanoa, North Carolina. His writing has appeared in The Believer, Narrative Magazine, and Denver Quarterly, among others, and his music has been featured by Rolling Stone, NPR, PBS, and INDEX OF ADVERTISERS more. He currently resides in Brooklyn.…
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