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Pants (Lesley Boland)

Verity La October 29, 2019 Lies to Live By

I pour myself a wine from the open bottle in the ice bucket and find a seat on the outdoor lounge. To my left is a play area for the …

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    • The Journal
    • An editorial-shaped box
    • Committee and Advisory Board
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  • Vault
    • Fiction
      • Lies to Live By
      • Being Sure
    • Interviews
      • Lighthouse Yarns
    • Non Fiction
      • Rogue State
      • Verity La Forum
      • Through the Looking Glass
    • Poetry
      • Heightened Talk
      • Spoken Word
    • Projects
      • Black Cockatoo
      • Clozapine Clinic — The Frater Project
      • Discoursing Diaspora
      • Disrupt
      • Out of Limbo
  • Poetry Podcast
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    • Reviews Policy