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All fall you wait for the eggs\u00a0\nto hatch, for the sight of a small carapace\nscraping free. She laid them far from water\n\nin a hole beside our drive. Now when water\nfrom rain carves ruts, you think about eggs\nin October earth. How little a carapace\n\ncan protect. How bones lie bare beneath,\nthin and white as fools. How far from water\nwe all are, huddled in our tight eggs.\n\nWorcester Review\nVol. 39   Fall 2018<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All fall you wait for the eggs\u00a0 to hatch, for the sight of a small carapace scraping free. She laid them far from water in a hole beside our drive. Now when water from rain carves ruts, you think about eggs in October earth. How little a carapace can protect. How bones lie bare beneath, … <\/p>\n