Julia Salem holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and a BA in modern languages from the University of Oxford. She is currently working on her first novel.
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Muzzle
In a bleary part of town,
I traverse the blackboard silence of snow.
Through the slats of the cypresses
Flounce paper-white feathers of snow.
On the red leaves of my palms
Distend melted messages of snow.
The road is iron anvil
Stinging with sparks of snow.
My nocturnal...