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Samuel Miller McDonald

Build the Wall

November 24, 2020 By Samuel Miller McDonald Leave a Comment

there is a wall /
between us and a horde— /
mass of angels come to usher us all / at once /
back to nothing

Filed Under: Poetry

Metal Mouth

July 31, 2020 By Samuel Miller McDonald Leave a Comment

a smooth circular motion they tell me / is best for wetting the crooked flesh of it

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Internal Combustion

June 1, 2020 By Samuel Miller McDonald 1 Comment

you can’t imagine how many wearing blank /
eyes and blunt mouths stand ready, in formation /
to pull you, us, one by one, /
to the engine and lay your body, /
our bodies, /
in the flame when the coal runs low /

you can’t imagine. And yet it still won’t be enough.

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Patient Wrath

May 30, 2020 By Samuel Miller McDonald Leave a Comment

you think you’ve seen the most blessed forbearance / you think you’ve seen the most righteous wrath

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In the West

April 21, 2020 By Samuel Miller McDonald Leave a Comment

The reaching obelisk that throws
this long trench bears an inscription…

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Cost of Democracy

February 20, 2020 By Samuel Miller McDonald Leave a Comment

Fair or Unfair, High Wealth Taxation is Necessary for a Functional Democracy

Filed Under: Nonfiction

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