By Ashley Parker Owens Ashley Parker Owens is an Appalachian writer, artist, and spiritualist living in Richmond, Kentucky, USA. Her previous published poetry collections include Euphoric Drift (2018), Retrospecter (2019), Unruly Spirits (Dancing Girl Press, 2018), Puppet (Rinky Dink Press, 2018), and Territorial Misfortune (2017). See video poems at https://www.youtube.com/@visual_poems   https://www.ashleyparkerowens.com

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