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For our one year anniversary let’s have a baby

show him some caves, a sling

 

a worm. I must not be listening

 

because I have a poor sense for what you think

about what I’ve said. Hi to my grandpa, long dead. To a bee

 

washing its face fuzz. I owe you a beer. 

Linnea Ogden

Linnea Ogden's writing has appeared most recently in Typo, realpoetik, DIAGRAM and Unswept. She is a high school English teacher in San Francisco. 

I always wanted to be a biologist in a movie

under the surface

 

of the apparently known.

It used to be my work to look

 

for upside-down or broken metal letters.

I want to know

 

if it’s possible for everyone

to keep doing what they do and do more of it.

 

In five years for instance I see myself making dinner.

Small Talk

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