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Go with Dignity to the Guillotine

Three Poems by Mark Yakich

Go with Dignity to the Guillotine

Mark Yakich’s most recent book is Poetry: A Survivor’s Guide (Bloomsbury 2015). His next collection, Poetry for Planes, is forthcoming from Eyewear in 2017. He lives in New Orleans.

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