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Amy McCann

Poetry

Winter 2013

Let Them Be Left

By Amy McCann

What we deem weeds flower in dank shades—mustard, owl brown—furred saffron with pollen, fierce to attach to the sinus. I float hip-deep in corrugated stems; I serve as distribution system […]

Poetry

Winter 2013

Prayer

By Amy McCann

for JP An acorn unfurls a tail, tucked under its argyle cap, and goes after something smaller than itself to stow. Everything wild to own. Lord, please: full pocket me. […]