Poetry submission #4 Jug of Milk

by Tara Nykyforiak

Two weeks later I heard a howling from outside at 3am and

Alison’s note: I have added ~~~ wherever Tara chose to have a break in the text. I’m still learning to navigate Substack’s ‘poetry editor’ feature. And instead of creating breaks, it’s changing the font! So I decided this is the best option… for now. With apologies!

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Down alleyways, you sent me t…