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Monday, November 08, 2021

CRITICAL THINKER

by Cody Walker


"Look, I'm not some sort of anti-vax, flat earther. I am somebody who's a critical thinker. You guys know me. I march to the beat of my own drum. I believe strongly in bodily autonomy and the ability to make choices for your body, not to have to acquiesce to some woke culture or crazed group of individuals who say you have to do something. Health is not a one-size-fits-all for everybody. And for me, it involved a lot of study in the offseason, much like the study I put into hosting Jeopardy! Or the weekly study I put into playing the game." —Aaron Rodgers


Aaron Rodgers
mixed some codger’s
tooth powder with horse dewormer and molten gold. (His credit card: maxed.)
“Look!” he cried. “I’m vaxxed!”


Cody Walker is the author of three poetry collections, all from the Waywiser Press. He lives and teaches in Ann Arbor.