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This poem is taken from PN Review 266, Volume 48 Number 6, July - August 2022.

Five Poems Kit Fan
Raw Materials

Day 1
a friend of a
friend is
shuffled out
of a radio
show.
Another
mouth shut.
Another
man’s
whereabouts
unknown.  
His dual-
nationality
scrapped.
Day 2
a bookseller’s
accused of
crowdfunding
...


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