Ian T. Hall was born and reared in eastern Kentucky. He attended Alice Lloyd College and holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Tennessee. He lives in Knoxville.

Parts & Labor

by Ian T. Hall

Frenchman Mullins had a little
hair-cutting place. Summers,

I’d make an odd dollar there
sweeping up. Near to closing, he’d sauce


his utensils in formaldehyde and flop down
in the swivel chair to count


his moldy money, read each bill
People on couch
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