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if they can’t win stupid (they’re the)
weak loser(s) (they’re the) politically
correct moron(s they’re not) smart
(enough) tough (enough)
dangerous (enough to be) bad (as me)
lightweight(s!) (I’m) amazing (and I’m)
huge (I’m) tremendous (and I’m) terrific
(not a big) zero (not like them) out (of)
control (I’ll make this country
truly) classy (again!)
Mara Adamitz Scrupe has created significant bodies of work in poetry, book arts, installation, and social practice. Her fellowships include NEA/CEC ArtsLink, D.C. Commission on the Arts, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She has authored two poetry collections Sky Pilot published by Finishing Line Press, and BEAST, winner of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies' Stevens Manuscript Award. Scrupe’s poems have been widely published nationally and internationally in literary journals and anthologies and she has won numerous prizes and awards for her work.