mosquitoes…
pumpjacks plunge into
parched land

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Ben Groner III (Nashville, TN), recipient of Texas A&M University’s 2014 Gordone Award for undergraduate poetry, has work published in Appalachian Heritage, New Mexico Review, Gnarled Oak, Third Wednesday, The Bookends Review, and elsewhere. You can see more of his work at bengroner.com/creative-writing/