Why is the God of this poem drunk? (Chrissy Stegman)

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Chrissy Stegman is a wife, mother, poet, and forest nerd from Baltimore. Her work often weaves in religion, myth creation, cultural obsessions, and the intersection of grief. Her work often showcases the comfortable ambivalence of poverty and violence. She loves reading and writing poetry, the faces of strangers, finding forests, and holding her husband’s hand. Her work has appeared in journals such as Prometheus Dreaming, oddball Magazine, etc., and she is the winner of the 2022 Patricia Bibby Prize for Poetry. 

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image: MM Kaufman