I have stolen
the rainbow fishes
that were in
the fish tank

and which
you were probably
saving
for your son's birthday

Forgive me
they were dazzling
so floppy
and so still.
-With apologies to William Carlos Williams

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I was born in Berkley, Calf. but moved to Colorado when I was five. Then my dad found a new job in Kansas, so I went to high school and college in eastern Kansas. After I graduated from Baker University, I got accepted into the MA program in English and Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. I'm living in San Francisco now going to cl ...

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