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Illuminating poetry since 1959

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Ode to Atmosphere

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A handdrawn grid with wavering lines contains bolded letters in each box. N. O. H. Written in some of the boxes from top to bottom is: "dear. diary. cow. coo. air. all. around. the air. all. around. the dairy. cow coo. air. all. around. the world. wide. dairy. cow coo. air."
"all around. cowcoo. all aground. coocow. all around. all aground. cowcoo. coocow. all around. the air. the ground. the dairy. round. and drown ooh. all around. the air. round. and drown ooh. all around the dairy. ground and drown ooh."
"dear coocow. coowcow. all around. dairywide. choo. chew. cowcud. choo. chew. cowcud. chhhh. chhhh. chew coo cow. ooo."
"once. and now. and noon. and round. and drown. coow cow. autocow. airplanecow. warheadcow. round. andground. oh. ooo. coo. coo. coo. ooo. ooo. ohno. ohoh.

Mita Mahato is a comix artist, poet, and educator. Her books are Arctic Play and In Between, and she currently lives in Queens, NY.

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