"Self-Portrait of Southeast LA" published in Inscape Journal and backstory.....
From my latest manuscript.
This one took a while to get just right. I originally wrote it a few years ago. I liked it initially but the form was rather simple. Ended up turning into quatrain stanzas and used indentation for style points. Also ended up adding more specificity in terms of location for the title which I think helps ground it. This is from my latest manuscript. Thanks for reading!
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