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In full we are paid
we owe nothing
on a bill that's never existed
the final payment is in
and for the next one thousand years
we are paid in full

Nikky Finney

He does not hesitate The coral bed of my
afterlife is washed into the drain Without comment
The highest bidder raises her hand I am tossed into
the icy silver bowl A lifetime of waiting Hungering
to be called Delicious

Nikky Finney

A fastened woman
can be messed with, one too many times.

Nikky Finney

Nikky Finney

Nikky Finney

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Born: August 26, 1957 (age 68)

Bio: Nikky Finney is an American poet. She was the Guy Davenport Endowed Professor of English at the University of Kentucky for twenty years. In 2013, she accepted a position at the University of South Carolina as the John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair in Southern Letters and Literature.

Known for:

Head Off & Split (2011)
The world is round (2003)
Rice: Poems (1995)
Heartwood (1997)
On wings made of gauze (1985)

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