It’s Because They Like the Same Books
By Kristen Sund


I’m jealous of those older couples
I see at poetry readings.

The way he takes off her coat.

Kristen Sund is studying poetry and book design at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her writing has been published in Teen Ink, The Reader, and Big Toe Review. She is the poetry editor for Hampshire College's literary magazine, and works as a graphic designer.

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