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This poem is taken from PN Review 114, Volume 23 Number 4, March - April 1997.

Two Poems Justin Quinn


                                                                 non-enclavE

                                   this is extra ,is what's kept outside thE
                      door (rhymes clicking shut like locks) when it's rounD
                                 four below and snowstorms swirl in lovelesS
                                         -ness ,in chaos ,cancellation of uS

                                 .whO ?that is ,of those who haunt the otheR
side of things like this page here and who rE
                                      -side in that apartment ,oh so settleD
                                              ,too afraid of this no-go areA

                                .(- fuck them ,anywaY .did you hear that ,yoU
                            dumb fucks over there [dumb for a change] .here'S
                                     something from your famous marginaliseD
                             ,stuck here ,stammering barely out of whitenesS

                            .) here are aerial shots of huge earth movementS
                                             ,proof of genocide or equally A
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