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Kathleen Hellen

Kathleen Hellen: The Fire Sermon: Follansbee Coke Plant

May 12, 2011 by PBQ

A rotten egg is cracked against the sky; nothing you can see beyond the scrim of smoke, the glow of furnaces, the choke. Can’t tell the chug of the machinery from barges pushing in another load of coke. No delight in things tonight: the swimming pool; the motor boat; the camper hitched out back. No […]

Filed Under: Contributors 76, Issue 76, Poetry, Poetry 76 Tagged With: Contributors 76, Kathleen Hellen, Poetry, Poetry 76

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