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Eileen Myles and Maggie Nelson: Why We Write

ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public Library

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Maggie's Last Poem

Maggie's last poem is called Sweetheart. "I imagine you walking in, gasping at the same couch, the same bed," she writes of her ex-boyfriend. The poet says he doesn't want to be here now that Fresca has got a new look and ice cube cracked.

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