weeping willows do not sing but seek
water, wrapping roots round in order
to kill; such patient, meticulous
violence

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Felix Grygorcewicz is a recent MFA graduate from Stonybrook University. He is a writer of fiction and poetry and has previously been longlisted by Fractured Lit for his flash fiction. He is a teacher, a cat caretaker, and when the mood strikes he has been known to be a hiker.