Lauren Camp


America in Reverse


You can remove us from the emails and we wish you all
much luck in this endeavor.
Many sincere thanks. Hi please call me
any time today if you can
or tomorrow Hi Any updates?
I will try him soon this week during that suggested time window.
I will let you know what comes of it.
Sorry for the delay in my reply since I was on vacation.
I detailed in the previous emails what is required.
You can call me for more details.
I am wishing you a happy holiday.
But I am also writing to follow up on my prior emails.
We are quite disheartened that we have not heard back from you
despite many sincere emails.
I hope you are well and in good health.
I am again writing to follow up on my email.
Respectfully, this process has stalled due to lack of communication,
and we must continue
to move forward without delay to the finish line.
I am just writing to follow up on my email.
Is it permissible and potentially others We are
very hesitant additionally, is it at all possible
If it was possible we could skip this process
and we could sort it out with them
I am kindly asking you for a more simple way which does not entail
Good morning everyone I’d like to add some information
due to the question asked by one of you.
Also please Also, as far as I understand
you’ll each probably be required to
Yes, we all wish to engage you for this process. Thank you
for your assistance. Please let us know if you
need anything, as we hope to proceed swiftly.


A found poem

Also by Lauren Camp: "Hours of Brightness" and "Cleaning Out My Father’s Apartment"
Interview: a conversation about Took House

photo Bob Godwin

Lauren Camp is the author of seven books, including An Eye in Each Square (River River Books, 2023) and Worn Smooth between Devourings (NYQ Books, 2023). Her honors include a Dorset Prize and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award, Housatonic Book Award and Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry. She currently serves as Poet Laureate of New Mexico. www.laurencamp.com

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