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Peter Myers is an MFA candidate in poetry at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Prelude, Salt Hill, apt, and Sonora Review.
1. Crisis is a rusted minivan throwing down spike strips on the highway of teleology. The Anthropocenester is in the passenger seat.
2. Crisis bangs on the table and demands immediate action in the form of risk management or hazard mitigation. The Anthropocenester wipes up the coffee that spilled.
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