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David McCooey

Poetry

Nov/Dec 2019

Elegy

By David McCooey

Endless cloudwork. Ragged mountains, and the ruins of astonished volcanoes. The promise of oceans. Billions of leaves, casually dropped over millions of years. Honey and maggots. Stoical lakes. Cacophony of […]

Poetry

Mar/Apr 2017

Animal Studies

By David McCooey

You read a story about a mouse, which—in addition to the mouse— features a woman, a man, and a cat. The cat reminds you of the momentin one of The […]