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Drizzle by Mateo Lara

Updated: Jan 4, 2019

for S, after ‘On Earth, We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ by Ocean Vuong


Mateo Lara is from Bakersfield, California. He received his B.A. in English at CSU Bakersfield. He is currently working on his M.F.A. in Poetry at Randolph College in Lynchburg, VA. His poems have been featured in Orpheus, EOAGH, Empty Mirror, and The New Engagement. He is an editor for RabidOak online literary journal.


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