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John Repp
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How Bear Our Child

How bear our child dropping
for the last time the stuffed dog
he toted through griefs & joys so fierce?

We bear so much & so will he
& that weighs far too much.




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John Repp’s latest collection of poetry is Fat Jersey Blues, published in 2014 by the University of Akron Press. His book reviews appear regularly in the Erie Reader.​