the columbia review
WATER LENS BAY DOG COUCH BUTTER MOTHER Kirsten Ihns 2020 Poetr y Priz e Runner-up, selected by Robyn Schiff
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with the first event, i make the next one need look from the dark box into the lightbox a densely rainbow knot of board