In Response to the Lady at a Reading Who Asked What the Job of a Poet Is

In Response to the Lady at a Reading Who Asked What the Job of a Poet Is

The job of a poet is to sit in the morning at a deskand sift through the news that crackles with other peoples’ lives. The job of a poet is to imagine entering those liveslike putting on someone else’s clothes.The clothes pinch. The clothes are pinched for fo…

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