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The Yale Review | Demetrius Buckley: “That's a Lot of Sh%@”

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A poem by Demetrius Buckley: “Pillows filled with river pebbles, green mat / steel slate, heat too hot, nose dry, dream / of sandstorms, then warm…

The Yale Review | Demetrius Buckley: “That's a Lot of Sh%@” Poem of the Week That’s a Lot of Sh%@ Demetrius Buckley written at the Richard A. Handlon prison during the first gust of smog from Canada’s wildfires Pillows filled with river pebbles, green mat steel slate, heat too hot, nose dry, dream of sandstorms, then warm warnings, uhh, TV glares in darkness, woman CO stares, Friday night TCM, wrestling matches on TNT, boombox and workout, 100 reps of 4 sets, maybe 6, uhh, pretzels in clear plastic bowls, white fans stained in Colombian dried coffee—from damp brown napkins, yellow chow ha

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