The Iowa Review

Army SMART Book: Inspiratio­nal Quotes (II)

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When your shot is exhausted, knock down the enemy with the stock of your rifle. If the rifle stock be broken, bite with your teeth. —Russian Military Reader

Two stoppered rifles. You hadn’t guessed

she’d look like you. Even the enjambment in

her eyes: Same. Tiny breasts. Jawcurve, waistsmall.

Fists that once were hands. Perfect, exceptiona­l teeth.

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