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This poem is from the book The Book of James by Eric Wayne Dickey (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/the-book-of-james-by-eric-wayne-dickey/
Eric Wayne Dickey is the author of several poetry chapbooks and a children’s book, Alex the Ant Goes to the Beach (Craigmore Creations, 2014). He is a John Anson Kittredge Fund for Individual Artists grant recipient administered by Harvard University, and a Vermont Studio Center Fellow. The Book of James is his first full-length poetry collection. He lives in Oregon and works as a grant writer.
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