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I don't wanna die in Michigan.
Garret Schuelke
SourceLicence:Public domain
I don't wanna die in Michigan.
Three short lines, and the whole poem is a blunt confession: the speaker doesn't want to die in Michigan. There's no explanation given, and that's what makes it interesting. We don't learn whether Michigan is home, a place the speaker feels stuck in, or somewhere they simply find bleak.
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