Featured poem: Cockroach by Jenny Qi. Featured topics: ELECTION DAY!, Las Vegas, language bastardization, pigeon nests, voter fraud, and ice cream lines.

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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