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by Dan Kaplan

What is the difference between an open coat and a closed coat?
Why are hole centers marked?
Would you list the principal uses of the arm?
What should be wrapped in newspaper?
What should you do before removing a guard from a machine?
Why is circling more accurate?
What is distressing?
The size of a table?
Why must spaces be kept clear?
Any precautions?
Any special treatment?

Dan Kaplan is the author of Bill's Formal Complaint (The National Poetry Review Press, 2008) and the bilingual chapbook SKIN (Red Hydra Press, 2005). His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in American Letters & Commentary, VOLT, Denver Quarterly, Copper Nickel, Washington Square, and elsewhere. His website is www.dan-kaplan.com. He lives in Portland, OR.