The Family Pledge
A torn poem recounts a household pledge hanging on the wall as a family memory. The speaker and Mary Jane reflect on a night when the pledge seemed to take on a life of its own, the family’s nerves and joy mixing as they watch a candlelit scene. The verse dwells on loyalty, shared memory, and the pledge’s quiet endurance through time.
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Eco
Mary Jane
Mary Jane Abe
Uae
Dontians
Parry Sound
Avery Town
Csuade
Herries
County
Premleas
Laine
Joab and the Mistaken Marriage Plan
A fragmentary piece depicts Uncle Joab pressed by a tangle of marriage plots and family pressure. He contemplates Lydia Watts as a wife for himself while debating the suitability of Freuk’s daughter Myra Millar, with uneasy guilt as he contemplates the social expectations and future happiness of relatives.
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Kate
Lydia Watts
Fara
Palmer Crabbe
Enon
Frank
Sud
Hcs
Myra Millar
Myra
Wikitatis Ignethedd
Joel
Alyce
Uncle Joab
Joab
Fragmented Family turmoil in a crowded home
Joab, Lydia, Frank and Myra clash over duty and desire in a crowded house. Ailing father fears change as Lydia insists on order while Joab seeks escape and Myra clings to the past amid tense, fragile harmony.
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Lydia
Jost
Aoris
Hansen
Frank
van'Baty
Weil
Utd
Joab
Myra Duab
Eco Jim
Howeser
California Silence and A Hearth of Mists and Ink
A foggy carriage ride carries Agatha Hymone’s name on a crumpled scrap. A cryptic tale unfolds with novelistic digressions about a nurse’s life, a laudanum of memory, and a strange California mountain promise amid a wandering narrator.
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Dr. Harpee
Howse Street
Abe
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