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This poet wrote that a dead snake is not a biblical symbol, merely something “that loves itself so much it moves across / the boundaries of death to touch itself / once more.” Another poem by this author of “Torn” admits, “I still want to kill the carrots because I can.” This poet appeals for a “song that says my bones / are your bones, and your bones are my bones, / and isn’t that enough?” in a poem that criticizes the ritual of singing another song before “the pummeling of youth.” The call, “Ears up, girls, ears up!” (10[1])appears in a poem by this author that boasts of a “huge beating genius machine” (10[1])that knows “it’s going to come in first.” That poem begins, (10[1])“I like the lady horses (-5[1])best,” (-5[1])and opens her book Bright Dead Things. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of “A New National Anthem” (-5[1])and “How to Triumph Like (10[1])a Girl,” the current US Poet Laureate. (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[5]0[13])

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