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Where the circle is broken.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>The surgeon says, <em>It is the size of a bird egg.<\/em> I am too scared<br \/>\nto ask which type. My father would prefer<\/p>\n<p>a seagull or curlew. Atypical,<br \/>\nthe surgeon says, <em>faster growing, likely to grow back.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My father\u2019s brilliant network of networks.<br \/>\nNow, just the sound of ice splitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My father\u2019s brain filleted on the icy X-ray block glows luminescent, a strange fish on a slab. I shiver at this part of him I never thought I\u2019d see. Instead his neural pathways presented in a grin we shared on Sundays by the sea, watching birds scatter air when he clapped his hands. 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