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Absolutely Revolting
Poems
by Chris Wallace-Crabbe •
May 2014, no. 361

The Least Feigning by

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What you say
about poetry
could very well
be stone-
cold factual
because this art
can serve you up
truth without even
so bloody much as
actors or make-up.

 


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