By-catch of the ghost nets and onion sacks,
giant sea turtles paddled in makeshift tanks
recuperating with missing flippers or scored backs,
and I had brought us there on holiday, a sorry
pedagogical impulse. Dog is miffed, channeling
Sir Walter Raleigh: ‘We found thousands of
Tortugas egs, which …
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Ange Mlinko
Ange Mlinko is the author of Marvelous Things Overheard. She is Poetry Editor of the Nation and teaches at the University of Florida.
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