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I’m making a home video
with people
with light
with flowers
with mirrors
, all these untranslatable ‘inner’ experiences
I have trust issues
Some critics call this a weakness
I simply assume each thing is trying to deceive me
Joseph Chapman's publications appear in Gulf Coast, The Cincinnati Review, and Best American Poetry 2012. He holds an MFA from the University of Virginia.
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