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This poem is from the book Village: Recession by Jo Pitkin (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/village-recession-by-jo-pitkin/
Jo Pitkin is the author of a chapbook, The Measure, and three previous full-length collections: Cradle of the American Circus: Poems from Somers, New York; Commonplace Invasions; and Rendering. Currently a teaching artist at The Poetry Barn, she lives and works in New York’s Hudson River Valley at the river’s narrowest and deepest point. http://www.jopitkin.com
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