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Even Worse Government
Gale Burns
after Bad New Government by Emily Berry
Love, like a nightmare repeated I woke to an even worse government; the fridge light is broken, so who knows what’s there, and my heart, under strain, seems to beat with a start I begin the day like a walker without any shoes I want to pace purposefully and email you about happy circumstances: the sunlight streaming into the front room, the eco-poetry night last night, and the growing sweet peas, but today I can hardly bear to draw the curtains and all food tastes like gruel
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