D. W. Baker
CEOs sold us out with
concealed reports: their
forktongue mouths
promised safe carbon. The
Offsets (for the godless,
new Indulgences) would
absolve those who destroy
with private jets their
unseen neighbors.
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D. W. BAKER is a poet, critic, and editor from St. Petersburg, Florida. His poems appear in Identity Theory, fifth wheel press, Amethyst Review, and BRUISER, among others, and have received nominations for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. His reviews and essays appear in Paraselene, Variant Lit, BROKEN ANTLER, and more. He edits poetry for Libre. See more of his work at www.dwbakerpoetry.com.
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