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Anniversary Michael Burkard (bio) your way of avoiding meis just as good as mine— one stone fence, one lastlittle field—i won't bother anyone here if you won't—but we ruined Saturday, agreeing to just amblein the rain when really the important strangersbeckoned us because they needed bothof us at once— strangers can bring exquisitepressure to a meeting— you turn to one, onlyto see a friend then the friend vanishesthis side of a cloud. [End Page 41] Michael Burkard Michael Burkard's poems have recently appeared in Conduit and Seneca Review. His drawings recently appeared in Poetry. His books include lucky coat anywhere (Nightboat Books, 2011) and Unsleeping (Sarabande Books, 2011). Copyright © 2020 Emerson College
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