…is the number of poems that we–Caroline Macon, Eric Plattner, Rachel Slotnick & yours truly–wrote while doing Poems While You wait last night for such people as these…

…& these… 

…at the Beauty & Brawn Gallery in Logan Square at the opening of the show “American Relic” by the multitalented artist & musician Lou Shields: 

Thank you to Lindsey of Beauty & Brawn for having us & to everyone who commissioned a poem on a crisp October evening. Stay tuned to the PWYW tumblr for the results, & catch us next month at the Pop-Up Book Fair at the Empty Bottle on Sunday, November 9th.