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Heather Loudermilk

A discarded cigarette butt on gritty asphalt, symbolizing working-class struggle and escape, for contemporary Southern poet Heather Loudermilk’s "She Needs Out of There" poetry collection in Salvation South.

She Needs Out of There

Some days, the best you can do is make it to 6 a.m.

The Eden Drive-In

Two by two they go into the ark of a soft summer night.