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I have no connections here; only gusty collisions, rootless seedlings forced into bloom, that collapse. ... i am the visiting poet: a real unicorn, a wind-up plush dodo, a wax museum of the movement. people want to push the buttons and see me glow.
-Marge Piercy
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I Have No Connections Here; Only Gusty

Marge Piercy
I have no connections here; only gusty collisions, rootless seedlings forced into bloom, that collapse. ... i am the visiting poet: a real unicorn, a wind-up plush dodo, a wax museum of the movement. people want to push the buttons and see me glow.
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