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Robyn MacKinnon·August 4, 2019

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This publication is part 167 of 489 in the series Robyn Finds Poetry

They Might Be Cops

written by: Robyn MacKinnon

@art_rat

row of wee duckies

Bought a Banjo, it will be

think they might be cops

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I am mostly a visual artist, but I like to create "found poetry", specifically daily haiku made from the statuses of my Facebook friends. It was my Mom who started this, and officially passed the responsibility onto me when she became too busy.

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