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Brett Elizabeth Jenkins

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Brett Elizabeth Jenkins lives and writes somewhere in the Midwest; she moves so often it’s hard to remember exactly where. Her work can be found in AGNI and Mid-American Review.

— From October 2021
Poetry

Almost Cha-Cha

I tell people that when I was born, my mother / was on drugs, and so she named me Brett. / But what I don’t tell them is that she almost / named me Charlotte and wanted to call me / Cha-Cha.

October 2021
Poetry

What To Look For In A Horse

Get a horse with a little sass. One who will try / to buck you if she knows you’ve been drinking / too much.

January 2019
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