Thank you to the following books, journals, and podcasts, in which some of these poems first appeared in slightly different forms:
Danse Macabre – "So Little Light Finds Its Way Into Our Alley"
The Legendary – "Washington Square Park"
The Legendary — "Agent Rex"
The Legendary — "Excavation"
Danse Macabre— "New York Argues For the Existence of God in Central Park"
Danse Macabre — "Christopher Street Leather, New York City"
The Legendary – "Business Expenditures"
Danse Macabre — "The Reconciliation"
I'll Be You When You Get There (edited by Scott Woods) — "20 Pieces of Advice, Sent to my Young Self, to be Opened June 15, 1978"
I'll Be You When You Get There (edited by Scott Woods) — "20 Pieces of Advice, Sent to My Younger Self, to be Opened June 15, 1978"
In addition, "Black Granite" and "Manhattan's Arms" were featured on the IndieFeed Performance Poetry Podcast
For more information, links to these poems, and more about the author, visit http://wessmongojolley.com
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