"Monroeville, PA" (by Ed Ochester)

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November 30, 2014

"Monroeville, PA" (by Ed Ochester)

Monroeville, PA

One day a kid yelled
"Hey Asshole!"
and everybody on the street
turned around

-- Ed Ochester

The poem appeared in Poetry in 2000 and in Ed Ochester's book WHITE HORSES: SELECTED POEMS (Autumn House Press). Originally in Poetry.

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Monroeville, PA

One day a kid yelled
"Hey Asshole!"
and everybody on the street
turned around

-- Ed Ochester

The poem appeared in Poetry in 2000 and in Ed Ochester's book WHITE HORSES: SELECTED POEMS (Autumn House Press). Originally in Poetry.

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