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Joshua St. Claire
les rois fainéants
each vice president bows
as he enters the meeting

About the writer:
Joshua St. Claire is an accountant who works as a financial controller in Pennsylvania, USA. His work is published or forthcoming in Mayfly, The Heron’s Nest, Poetry Pea, ubu., and bones, among others. He hopes to one day replace his broken espresso machine.
Image: Simultaneous Representation of Kings of Hearts and Diamonds by Olga Rozanova (1886-1918). Oil on canvas. 33 x 25.9 inches. 1915. Public domain.