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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

"Medicine Hat Calgary One-Way" by Karen Solie


"… the purgatorial boredom
of the Greyhound depot. Beige food,
beer
in cans, between a Toyota
dealership and nowhere you'd want
to walk …"


from "Medicine Hat Calgary One-Way",
 in Pigeon by Karen Solie

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