Poetry by Hicok
Calling Him Back from Layoff I called a man today. After he said hello and I said hello came a
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Calling Him Back from Layoff I called a man today. After he said hello and I said hello came a
Read moreThat’s the Job That’s the job, he said, shrugging his shoulders and running his hand through his hair, like Dante,
Read moreTelephone Repairman All morning in the February light he has been mending cable, splicing the pairs of wires together according
Read moreLost in Space for Jeff In space, no one can hear you ask, “Do you have
Read moreWhat I Mean When I Say Truck Driver During the last 50 miles back from haul & some months past
Read moreFor the City that Nearly Broke Me A woman tattoos Malik’s name above her breast & talks about the conspiracy
Read moreBy Natalie Diaz The year we moved off / the reservation / a / white / boy up the
Read moreBy Natalie Diaz When my brother died I worried there wasn’t enough time to deliver the one hundred invitations
Read moreTo Abuelita Neli This is my 14th time pressing roses in fake passports for each year I haven’t climbed marañón
Read morethe boy’s face climbed back down the twelve-year tunnel of its becoming, a charcoal sunflower swallowing itself. Who has eyes
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