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My body, laid out on a marble slab. …

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William Carlos Williams

I've climbed in trees …

Gary Soto

the whole point of this is what she asked …

Ed Roberson

Who is speaking? Our correspondent on the hill above the river, making pictures for exhibition in other places. Each stroke of his pen ricochets across the valley. He sees what he wants to see. He does not hear what he cannot see. A smoking ruin behind him. Another waiting just around the bend. airy particulates …

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Nick Lantz

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