O, how we giggle at
his stinky
scribble of no. 2
pencil round & round
like a cyclone of farts
all beige & shit dressed in
dollar store cotton
the child who sweeps chimneys
until he dies of black lung.
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Stacey Z Lawrence is a veteran teacher of Poetry and Drama and the author of Fall Risk published through Finishing Line Press in 2021. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart and Fish prizes. She is a poet for “Writing The Land” a collaboration between Poets and protected land. She holds an MAT in Speech Arts and Dramatics and lives in South Orange, New Jersey.
