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He stood at the edge
of what the map said

was once a buffalo jump

as the last sign
of sun disappeared

below the horizon.



Brian Beatty is the author of four poetry collections: Borrowed TroubleDust and Stars: Miniatures (Cholla Needles Press, 2019 and 2018), Brazil, Indiana: A Folk Poem (Kelsay Books, 2017), and Coyotes I Couldn't See (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016). He is working on a book, to be called Hobo Radio.
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