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Sunday, March 22, 2009

ON THE FLOOR OF THE EXCHANGE

by Scot Siegel


The room is full
of the smartest people
in the room

Doing their best
to invest the stimulus
that we keep counting on

Good thing
the room is full
of the smartest people

in the room


Scot Siegel is a poet and land use planner from Oregon, where he serves on the board of trustees for the Friends of William Stafford. He is the author of Some Weather (Plain View Press, 2008), and Untitled Country, a chapbook due out from Pudding House Publications in 2009.
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