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And No Such Things Grow Here : Nancy Kress
Here life has death for neighbor,
And far from eye or ear
Wan waves and wet winds labor,
Weak ships and spirits steer;
They drive adrift, and wither
They wot not who make thither;
But no such winds blow hither,
And no such things grow here.

тАУAlgernon Charles Swinburne,
"The Garden of Proserpine"



"See, I have a problem," Perri said.

Dee Stavros held the phone away from her ear and yawned hugely. What the hell time was it, anyway? The
clock had stopped in the night: another power outage. Her one window was still dark. The air was thick and
hot.

"Dee, are you there?"

"IтАЩm here," Dee said to her sister. "So youтАЩve got a problem. What else is new?"

"This is different."

"TheyтАЩre all different." Only they werenтАЩt, really. Deadbeat boyfriends, a violent ex-husband, cars "stolen," a
last-minute abortion, bad checks for overdue rent . . . PerriтАЩs messy life changed only in the details. Dee
yawned again.

Perri said, "IтАЩve been arrested for GMFA," and Dee woke fully and sat up on the edge of the bed.

GMFA. Genetic Modification Felony Actions. The newest crime-fighting tool, newest draconian set of laws,
newest felonies to catch the attention of a blood-crazy public who needed a scapegoat for . . . everything.
But Perri? Feckless, bumbling, dumb Perri? Not possible.

Professional training took over. Dee said levelly, "Where are you now?"

"Rikers Island," Perri said, and at the relief in her voiceтАУItтАЩll be all right, Dee will clean up after me again
тАУDee had to struggle to hold her anger in check.

"Do you have a lawyer?"

"No. I thought youтАЩd take care of that."

Of course. And now that she was listening, Dee heard behind Perri all the muted miserable cacophony of
Rikers Island, that chaotic hellhole where alleged perps for the larger hellhole of Manhattan were all taken,
processed, and mishandled. But Perri didnтАЩt live in Manhattan. Nobody who could avoid it lived in
Manhattan. The last time Dee had heard from her sister, Perri had been heading for the beaches of North