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Poet Uses Sad Mall for Dark Poem, Wins Prize
A writer in Syracuse has an extra $7,000 thanks to combining the darkness of his local mall and personal life.
You will constantly disappoint yourself and those you love. Just like the Great Northern Mall in Clay, New York, you will succumb to physical decay and shifts in the marketplace. Celebrate spring with new scents from Yankee Candle!* (Coupon no longer valid.*)
Eric Berlin, a freelance editor based in Syracuse, has been rewarded with a generous cash prize—and, presumably, a fleeting moment of joy—for his poem in which the dying Central New York mall serves as the stage for a mundane errand followed by a private outburst.