I thought I saw
myself
floating above
the bed,

but it was just
my levitating
identical
twin.

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Dan Nielsen is a stand-up poet. His work is compared to Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg, though major influences are Robert Creeley and William Carlos Williams. Credits include Random House and University of Iowa Press anthologies, and a quarter century’s worth of art/lit/mag publications. He’s had several plays produced, including the award winning, Waiting for the Weinermobile, and was a staff writer on the Wisconsin Public Radio show Hotel Milwaukee. Dan is also good at ping-pong.