Michael Meyerhofer | The Sun Magazine

Michael Meyerhofer

Michael Meyerhofer once had a job testing urine samples at a rehab center, which naturally led to his career in poetry. He teaches in California and serves as poetry editor of Atticus Review. His fifth book of poetry is Ragged Eden.

— From June 2022
Poetry

Last Day On The Factory Floor

We were warned not to complain — / plenty more temps they could call. / Warned, too, to avoid the break room / with its jailhouse camera / swiveling right outside the boss’s office, / his speakers playing only country.

June 2022
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