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ANOTHER LAST DAY
ALSO BY ALEX LEMON
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ANOTHER LAST DAY
poems Alex Lemon
MILKWEED EDITIONS
© 2019, Text by Alex Lemon
All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher: Milkweed Editions, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415.
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Published 2019 by Milkweed Editions
Printed in the United States of America
Cover design by Mary Austin Speaker
Cover photo courtesy of Alex Lemon
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lemon, Alex, author.
Title: Another last day : poems / Alex Lemon.
Description: First edition. | Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, [2019].
Identifiers: LCCN 2018046191 (print) | LCCN 2018054244 (ebook) | ISBN 9781571318442 (ebook) | ISBN 9781571314512 (pbk. : alk.paper)
Classification: LCC PS3612.E468 (ebook) | LCC PS3612.E468 A56 2019 (print) | DDC 811/.6--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018046191
Milkweed Editions is committed to ecological stewardship. We strive to align our book production practices with this principle, and to reduce the impact of our operations in the environment. We are a member of the Green Press Initiative, a nonprofit coalition of publishers, manufacturers, and authors working to protect the world’s endangered forests and conserve natural resources. Another Last Day was printed on acid-free 30% postconsumer-waste paper by Versa Press.
for Alma
♥
all hurricane, all heart
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