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Laura Pegram
November 14, 2016

Adoption Tale by Steven Chung

Laura Pegram
November 14, 2016
Adoption Tale by Steven Chung

Between the buildings, a slice of air / I pull into thinner pieces. In them / a reflection: three men escape from jail / in a makeshift boat, the fog an accomplice. / How they survive like guilt, /

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Laura Pegram
November 14, 2016

Afro-Seattleite Fragment #2: Richard Sherman by Malcolm Friend

Laura Pegram
November 14, 2016
Afro-Seattleite Fragment #2: Richard Sherman by Malcolm Friend

Richard, you / are force of nature / confined to 6’3”, / dreads swaying / like heavy branches / 
in a storm—

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