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Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh
A former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Heather McHugh has received several awards for her work as a poet, including the MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" in 2009...
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U-District Incident Report

 
by Heather McHugh

Apparently they want your body parts. They frisk you for

Your handset, earbud, bluetooth, cellphone, iPad, thumb drive, memory stick

And laptop.    You won't need any of it soon.    Give them 

The finger too.









Copyright © 2011 by Heather McHugh. Used with permission of the author.
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