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trying to write poetry in the age of trump:
a manifesto for the stubborn optimist
published in Thought Catalog
never curb your enthusiasm, or: how my latest nervous breakdown looks like a surreal Bernie sanders rally
published in Drunk Monkeys
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Nathan peterman strikes back, a monologue
published in The Public
The Quarterback We Deserve: A Meditation on Josh Allen, a Crazy Wild Card Game and My Cycle of Addiction
published in Buffalo Rising
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Elegy for new phoenix theater
published in Buffalo Spree
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