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32. Jennifer Elise Foerster — “Leaving Tulsa”
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Poet Jennifer Elise Foerster writes in her poem, “Leaving Tulsa,” about a warning from her grandmother:
When they see open land
they only know to take it.
Jennifer has German and Dutch heritage from her father’s side, and Mvskoke heritage from her mother’s side, which includes the grandmother she mentions in her poem.
When they see open land
they only know to take it.
It’s a chilling line…
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