under the earthquake tree
She planted it in the forest before the tree's leaves turned golden like an earthquake. No one noticed the packed ground, or the way the wild grasses died around them, or even the circle of flamboyant brown mushrooms that sprouted soon after.   And when autumn came, with the changing of the leaves, the trembling giant on which its scarlet roots fed turned in its place.   "I'm here,"...
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