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Family Dinners

Brittany Wilson 1988 (Milwaukee, WI)



Family Dinners nowadays are so different from when I was a kid
I never called 1st dibs or took bids
On food that’s baked, fried or mixed up from cans & boxes
Otherwise I’d resemble a foolish fox
Do I look like a fox to you, sir?
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Brittany Wilson

Brittany Wilson is from Milwaukee, WI & has loved poetry since 5th grade (age 10). Her all-time favorite poets are Emily Dickinson & the incomparable Dr. Maya Angelou. more…

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