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Ellen McGrath Smith: Plea to the Plutocrats During Holy Week
We will all be together, you will never avoid it,
in the air, the earth, and the ash. No matter
how thick the walls you can afford. In there
they call us dust. Crush us here, see us there,
doesn’t matter. Can’t you all sit back & let us
exist?
Copyright 2026 Ellen McGrath Smith
Ellen McGrath Smith teaches at the University of Pittsburgh and in the Carlow University Madwomen in the Attic program. Her books include Nobody’s Jackknife (West End Press 2015).
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Ellen—perfect!
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