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Lost Swans

By James Joseph Brown
Published August 13, 2014 at 7:06 PM PDT

 
At the baccarat table
players
      bend
            cards
         into paper swans
                       cranes, airplanes, exquisite origami sculptures
one delicate, deliberate fold at a time before tossing
them back with disgust at the dealer, as if they
were spoiled meat or unwanted girl children.
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