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Poem Written with Issa [“The kids fighting”]

By Matthew Rohrer
The kids fighting
over 4 or 5 pennies
my ears ringing
bent to the shape
of   the spring moon I
am a crybaby

Notes:

Read Matthew Rohrer’s notes on this poem.

Source: Poetry (November 2014)
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