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Portrait

By John Yau
Or is it
a poor trait

I am a
parasite

I lift off
the wings

of others

Source: Poetry (February 2016)
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Portrait

By John Yau
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John Yau

Poet, art critic, and curator John Yau has published over 50 books of poetry, fiction, and art criticism. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1950 to Chinese emigrants, Yau attended Bard College and earned an MFA from Brooklyn College in 1978. His first book of poetry,...

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