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Kyle Ferguson
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Kyle Ferguson was born in a small town in Saskatchewan and spent his formative years in Central Alberta, Canada. He is a psychologist working in a tribal clinic in Washington State. He has published numerous works of nonfiction including journal articles, book chapters, and five books. Among a number of others, his poems appear in the magazines, QuillsThe DelinquentChimera, & Orbis. He has also published a smattering of short fiction.

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I’M GONNA PARTY LIKE IT’S COVID-1999 

         “I’ll dance my life away...”
                                - 1999, Prince
         “It is very mild...”
                  - Donald J. Trump


i know how 
this is going 
to end 
but i choose 
baseless optimism 
over reason,
science. 

besides wet blanket
why think 
of mortality 
at a time 
like this? 

fuck altruism!

i will Don
an orange 
fool’s mask & join 
in the danse 
macabre working 

myself up 
to a fever 
pitch until 
my blood boils & 

my brain crowds 
out my skull 
until the dance floor 
under us collapses 


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