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Dreamwolf

Matt De.
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Matt De.

Matt Dennison is the author of Kind Surgery, from Urtica Press (Fr.) and Waiting for Better, from Main Street Rag Press. "Dreamwolf" is in Short Circuit #09, Short Édition's quarterly review.

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Dare we invite the dreamwolf in, to jump through our chaste window, carry us over the midnight snow under a far moon? Dare we—at this stage in the old game—dare to feel the galloping charge of hot breath, rough hair? Outside our window the dreamwolf passes, hungry, unconcerned with us.

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