I don’t know what to say other than that this poem needs to be read. By as many people as possible.
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The summer is over and we're enjoying the arts in all their forms.
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I don’t know what to say other than that this poem needs to be read. By as many people as possible.
Open Arts - Fall 2022 
Agreed, JNaz. This surely must be the best (by far) Poets Respond poem Rattle Magazine has published. When I read it this morning, I was stunned & am stunned still. Every stanza has at least one stunner, for instance, a line break such as this “…when the white / man trying to enter me / in a database…” I mean, it makes my eyes water.
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Yes, Teri, that just stopped me in my tracks. And it makes my eyes water too…
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I thought the poem was extremely powerful. It’s emotionally hard to read and intellectually challenging for me, but it is a poem well worth reading and rereading….
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I agree, Barbara. Reading and rereading and reading again. And yes, it is challenging on every level.
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