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Intruder

Misa Levey

Joke’s on the thief

I’m poorer than he


I bedazzled the dirt piles

I spit-shined the dust


I taped inspirational posters

of the National Parks over

chipped lead paint


I put all the bills in the oven


I glued multicolored streamers

to the fly tape


I threw a rug over a

hole in the floor

big enough for a thief.

Misa Levey (pronounced like “Grease a Chevy”) is a New York City poet and PhD dropout. Poems of hers have appeared in several issues of Big Hammer magazine, the Rogue Scholars Press 2024 Anthology, and Maintenant #18 by Three Rooms Press.

Misa’s writing has also included forged notes, rhymes for rap battles, cocktail menus, and political vandalism. Her first chapbook, entitled I DON’T WANT TO, was published in 2022 by Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books.

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