All the Fat

have you ever wondered why
poetry books are so thin?
it’s because you cannot
handle more than that;
one poem itself is a
prairie a moccasin
a graveyard a
wish; it drips
with all the
fat of the
buffalo.

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Elizabeth G. Howard (she/her) explores gender, identity, and the natural world in her writing and art. She’s published in Tupelo Press, eMerge, American Craft Council, Boston Literary Review, Connecticut Poetry Society, and more. She writes Demand Poetry on her typewriter at live and virtual events. She calls Kansas City, London, and Iowa home.

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