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The Maynard
Spring 2018

Elena Johnson
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What We Carry on a Pilgrimage

One writer walked the Camino
carrying the hardcover, two-volume

edition of Don Quixote on his back.
I walk around Mojácar la Vieja

with an orange in my pocket,
a few pistachios in my hand.

When a stray dog shies toward me,
I shell a pistachio for him.