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The Chip Shaped Like Ohio

Mara Okonkwo

Free verse

I noticed it in March,scraping toast crumbs off the counter,the chip shaped like Ohio.

Four dollars buys a new one.I have four dollars.I buy the eggs instead.

My lip finds the smooth sidewithout being told to.That's not loyalty. That's just geography.

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