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This poem was the best hometown entry of our 11th annual Writing in the Margins contest. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Regina Public Interest Research Group (RPIRG) for this year’s contest.

Hagere Selam "shimby" Zegeye-Gebrehiwot is an artist, administrator, and writer born in Winnipeg, Treaty 1 and based in Regina, Treaty 4. Their research and community building practices centre queer, feminist, bipoc, and analog moving image futures.

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