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This poem is taken from PN Review 269, Volume 49 Number 3, January - February 2023.

Two Poems Jesse Nathan
The Whole Poop

   In military slang, poop is the really valuable info.
As in, Gimme the whole poop on the guy.
   My uncle, who did a tour in the navy, says so
and I’m thinking about it as I clear the bindweed
        from the buffalo grass
           that slopes to the lagoon’s mass
        of duckweed-topped morass
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