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Thomas DeFreitas was born in Boston in 1969 and graduated from the Boston Latin School. He attended the University of Massachusetts in both Boston and Amherst. His poems have appeared in Dappled Things, Ibbetson Street, Muddy River Poetry Review, Plainsongs, Soul-Lit, and elsewhere. His first chapbook, Winter in Halifax, is forthcoming from Kelsay Books toward the end of 2021.

La Danseuse

Thomas DeFreitas

at u mass amherst
near the fine arts centre

the tie-dyed girl
of impossibly lavish hair
and willowy figure

swaying to the music
of the outdoor concert
barefoot

ten pale toes churning
dark delicious mud

— Thomas DeFreitas

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