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Wayne Dodd

Poetry

Winter 2003

Say a Person Suddenly

By Wayne Dodd

finds himself saying (herself saying)—in the shower, perhaps, or while eating a bowl of cereal—I don’t know what to do, I just don’t know what to do. Let’s assume that […]

Poetry

Winter 2003

Standard Candle

By Wayne Dodd

The same irrefragable irrefragables: the car, the barbecue grill, the swing set, oxidizing like plowshares in the steady, end-of-millennium rainfall. Or else it’s a voice from three states away, bringing […]