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Of the Shining Underlife The title of this poem is from a line in Toi Derricotte’s “The Minks.” Of the Shining Underlife Advertise with Poetry Poetry Magazine Poetry Magazine Archive Submit to Poetry

Share Above me, the branches toss toward and away from each other the way privacy does with what ends up showing, despite ourselves, of who we are, inside. Then they’re branches again—hickory, I think. —It’s not too late, then. Notes: The title of this poem is from a line in Toi Derricotte’s “ The Minks .” Source: Poetry (July/August 2020)

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