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Myth of the Mud God

by Michael VanCalbergh on Apr 22, 2016 in Poetry | 1 comment

Every morning I wake up heavier, my throat filled with dirt. What I can’t hack up wash down with coffee and cough syrup. I try to rinse the smell of wet cigarettes from my body as I pick out the stones and animals that get caught inside my chest. When I leave, the world is the same: The...