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Poetry Wednesday: A Small Needful Fact

Poetry Wednesday: A Small Needful Fact

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Poetry Wednesday: A Small Needful Fact
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A Small Needful Fact

by Ross Gay

Is that Eric Garner worked
for some time for the Parks and Rec.
Horticultural Department, which means,
perhaps, that with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood,
he put gently into the earth
some plants which, most likely,
some of them, in all likelihood,
continue to grow, continue
to do what such plants do, like house
an…

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