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  • from That Which Comes After
  • Alexis Pope (bio)

Possessed by ritual A come hither motion Two yorkipoos walk in sweaters Adjust my zipper, my dollar fifty Black knit gloves I keep losing Personal definitions of who I’m supposed to start Thinking about the bigger picture Adjunct lecturer at a public institution Requirements include isolation, ego I don’t have one big plan Hold my hand through The scary parts Teach me a lesson The right way to be [End Page 172]

Alexis Pope

Alexis Pope is the author of That Which Comes After (Big Lucks Books, forthcoming) and Soft Threat (2014). Recent work has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Poor Claudia, Prelude, Verse Daily, and The Volta, among others. Pope lives in Chicago with her daughter.

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