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I blame christopher

​by Logan February
A hole in the fence can be scary:
who can tell what will slither into

your life and leave you paralyzed.
When there is all this running to

do. The blue Corolla dips beneath
a tunnel, you feel the ticklish terror

of living, what may follow. In the
temporary dark, something cold

presses against you. The
relentless asp has brought you a
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sweet apple, the sweetest.

Logan February is a Nigerian poet. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Washington Square Review, The Adroit Journal, Vinyl, Paperbag, Tinderbox, Raleigh Review, and more. He is a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee, and his debut collection, Mannequin in the Nude (PANK Books, 2019) was a finalist for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. He is the author of two chapbooks, and the Associate Director of Winter Tangerine’s Dovesong Labs.
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