Pankey, EricMitchell, Martin2021-10-14https://hdl.handle.net/1920/12146This thesis has been embargoed for 10 years. It will not be available until April 2031 at the earliest.This thesis is a collection of original poems written between 2018 and 2021 in George Mason’s MFA program. The work herein explores the consequences of industrialization, the shifting “idea” of America, the modern attention economy, and the poet’s family — among various other avenues.enPoetryBackground dataMartinMitchellThesis