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A brief relief from hunger is available for pre-order
The book will be published in September 2023
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Two poems: Dear Sam and Dear Dave
If I smoked enough Belmonts, I’d smell you
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Poem: Fruit fly trap
I escape the swat of your hand, my body nearly another smear on the wall
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Poem: Small deaths
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Poem: Dear Alan
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Zigzag is now A Brief Relief
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Poem: Fruit fly trap
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Two poems: Dear Sam and Dear Dave
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Poem: Dear Alan
I said it was a nice tattoo even though it was a stupid tattoo
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Humans, drugs, and bad policy
Drug policy doesn't reflect the history and nature of drug use
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Poem: Small deaths
Death is an ant under your shoe, the unwatered spider plant, a grain of fentanyl thinner than a needle of Douglas fir
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Zigzag is now A Brief Relief
My debut book of poetry is forthcoming, hence the new name and direction
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A Brief Relief
Essays and poems about substance use by Spenser Smith.
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