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This poem is from the chapbook Traces of DNA by Elizabeth Esris (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/traces-of-dna-by-elizabeth-esris/
Elizabeth Esris taught English in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for more than twenty-five years and urged her students to write, revise, and value their voices. Concurrently, she wrote and published poetry, prose, and librettos for two operas.
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