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Winter 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 1 • Poetry |

After the Laying

By Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí

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Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí writes from Nigeria. His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in The Sun, AGNI, The Cincinnati Review, Common Ground Review, Mooncalves: An Anthology of Strange Fiction, and elsewhere. His debut chapbook, A Pocket of Genesis (Variant Literature), will appear in 2023. He is working toward a BA in history and international studies at Lagos State University.

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