Noreen Ocampo is a Filipino American writer and poet from metro Atlanta. She is the author of two chapbooks, including There Are No Filipinos in Mississippi (Porkbelly Press, 2025) and Not Flowers (Variant Literature, 2022). Her work appears in Frontier Poetry, Southeast Review, the Southern Foodways Alliance’s Gravy, and elsewhere. She earned her MFA from the University of Mississippi in 2025. Her Instagram is @‌noreen.ocampo

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My Neighbor The Dog

By NOREEN OCAMPO

 Is there any chance you could fix me in the next ten minutes?