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Ugly Desert
Brooke Taylor

Yellow grass carpet
Looks so soft but hurts to touch
Better to pave you?

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Brooke Taylor is interested in the collective subconscious and how it informs mass culture in the present moment. Her current topics of interest are climate change, humankind’s tendency toward division, and the ways that convenience and instant gratification have affected the feeling of meaning in our lives.

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