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At night
he’d rather piss
in the coin jar
than walk
down the hall
to the toilet
without his flack
jacket & rifle.
Iain Haley Pollock lives in Philadelphia and teaches English at Chestnut Hill Academy. He is a member of the Cave Canem Workshop for African-American Poets.
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even the long-gone
once knew tenderness.
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