Categories: Poetry

For Lou Reed by Thomas Zimmerman

A Kansas farm girl
in her bedroom all
alone on Sunday afternoon,
and nothing on
except the radio: “Sweet Jane.”

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Thomas Zimmerman teaches English, directs the Writing Center, and edits two literary magazines at Washtenaw Community College, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His chapbook In Stereo: Thirteen Sonnets and Some Fire Music appeared from The Camel Saloon Books on Blog in 2012. Visit Tom’s website: http://thomaszimmerman.wordpress.com/

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