Look around: language is everywhere, but doing different things, manifesting in different ways. In the spirit of Krista Franklin’s work, this prompt invites you to construct a poem by collaging language from at least three disparate sources. For example, how might you pull the language of an ad, an instruction manual, and a ballot into conversation? The constitution, an overheard conversation, and a grocery bill? What delicious frictions or unanticipated connections might you (and only you) create?

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