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This poem is from the chapbook WHAT MAKES US PURPLE by Michael Hill (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/what-makes-us-purple-by-michael-hill/
Michael Hill teaches writing and philosophy at Henry Ford College. He is a father, husband, dog partner, and unionist. Prior publications include work in The Windward Review, Libre, Jackdaw Review, Delicate Emissions, Dogwood Alchemy and High Rise: Brutalist Poetry. He also contributed the introduction and a story in a comic collection about the quarantine called The Things They Did. This is his first collection of poetry. Contact him @ccprof.bsky.social
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