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			RUNAWAY PARADE ISSUE EIGHT, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

decoy \dē-koi\ 1. n. A bird or mammal, or an imitation of one, used by hunters to attract other birds or mammals: "a decoy duck" 2. v. Lure or entice (a person or animal) away from an intended course, typically into a trap.		Mandate ANTHONY CARTER Song: There's a snarling wolf somewhere; what'd they say of wolves? They've keen ears and eyes, the pack is never far behind; that pure bloodline hawking sheepskin coats.
Wins and Losses ANNI ZHU Nonfiction: Would you ladies join us for a drink? Infamous last words.	For Megan on Her 27th Birthday PATRICK METZGER Poetry: We are standing on / an empty stair, / on a shadowed dream, / on a whispered story.	Pantof INAS AL-SOQI Collage-book and magazine cuttings, 11.2 x 7.5 inches
The Secret Paradise of Mongoloid, Louisiana KEVIN LUNA History: It is here, apart from civilization, bereft of police or taxes, and peacefully among their crocodile neighbors, that they set up a small water paradise unbeknownst to the White Man for over 100 years.	Head of Troy I AMY STIEGLER Digital Photograph taken in Prague, Czech Republic.
Decoy Royale ERIN LYNN Poetry: When I heard that the fair prince was spotted / Husbanding in the west midlands, / I wondered whether there were more of us.		Every Which Way But Forward ELYSSE PREPOSI Nonfiction: I was probably just grateful for the quiet, the stillness of the night and the freedom of not knowing what was going to happen next.
False Friends GINA MASSENO Graphite and Watercolor 9 x 12 inches	Decoy TESS CUTLER Familiar Essay: Two nights ago, I'm talking to Daniel Michrowski, an Alaskan fisherman, and I tell him I don't know what decoy means. Daniel's talking about duck hunting, how decoys are just distractions, fake female ducks, tactically situated, for the first sucker that waddles on by.	Tweet
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