My erasures were featured.
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I collected debris to sell as crash art,
crush porn.
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“Say goodbye to Lonesome George,” the last Galapagos tortoise.
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I was a pushover for the laws of physics.
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I pictured us as two seals hauled out on a sunny rock,
the roar around us a matter of course
Rae ArmantroutRae Armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of several books of poetry, most recently Money Shot (2011) and Versed (2009), winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Photo credit: AP Photo/Denis Poroy