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First published in Presence #1, March 2025, page 95. Originally written via Zoom on 24 August 2020. This collaboration began as a rengay, but we had too many verses to use that we liked, so we decided to assemble this longer sequence.
by Brad Bennett, Michael Dylan Welch, and Alan S. Bridges
learning to type
at summer school
the quick brown fox Brad
at the end of each line
the repeated ping Michael
one Olivetti . . .
and an infinite number
of monkeys Alan
the typewriter poet
a novelty
at the county fair Michael
an IBM Selectric
backspacing over flesym Alan
vintage Underwood
the spaces in the vowels
smaller Brad
feng shui
a pink Smith-Corona
centers the room Alan
one space or two
after each sentence Brad
town dump—
an old Remington
in a gentle rain Michael
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