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On public services

By HENRY KNEISZEL | 01 JUN 2026

By Viviane Sassen — Photo by Earl Wilcox on Unsplash

The rose garden seems too good to be true
because it is quiet, free, and beautiful
with no ads and no agenda.

I mourn the part of me that must have died
to be surprised by such a thing.

Henry Kneiszel is a writer from Duluth, Minnesota. Their work is featured in journals including Star*Line, god’s cruel joke, and Mutiny! Their first full length collection It’s All Too Much I’m Ready To Become A Canada Goose is available now. Henry is also a visual artist and one of the founding members of an experimental performance group called Three Ring Goose Circus. Follow them on Instagram @‌friendly.dirt.pile.

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