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This poem is from the chapbook Saturday Morning Crusades by Karol Olesiak (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/saturday-morning-crusades-by-karol-olesiak/
Karol Olesiak is a queer disabled poet, writer, and activist whose work explores trauma and transcendence. Karol is a combat veteran and a co-founder of soldiersforthecause.org, an Occupy Wall Street affinity group and antiwar blog, Karol’s work appears in Laurel Review, Rogue Agent, Neologism Poetry, Soul Forte, Zoetic, Lone Mountain Literary, and other publications. Karol is a Wheeler Prize semifinalist, Saturnalia Books semifinalist, Moonstone Chapbook finalist, and Pushcart nominee with an MFA from University of San Francisco.
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