Ryan Dzelzkalns was born and raised in Milwaukee. He earned his BA from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and an MFA from New York University (2015). The recipient of the Wendy Parish Poetry Award in 2010, Dzelzkalns lives in New York City.

A Quiet Patchwork of Slats

by Ryan Dzelzkalns

Streetlights throw the blinds

against the ceiling. It’s 7:00 p.m.

and winter-dark.

People on couch

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