Hummingbird Feeder

Trapped ants blacken nectar

Set out for hummingbirds:

For them, an exquisite way to go;

For us, a new approach to insect control;

For the hummingbirds, a feast for now deferred.

By Robert Demaree

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South East 11

plant a seed on a bark bench in

places of swing-sweats   pooling in      location

yards from    dandelion murderers wishing for

                                                                                clarified weeds

By Melissa N. Jones

Climate Change

The corporate state plays
democracy while integrating fiefdoms.

The alarm numbs each subject
to fear while every charade
throughout the global prison
records weather on futile niches.

Using a canned laughter process
and a corkscrew, darker after-hours
drill inmates on buying a sunny day.

By Rich Murphy

Peace For Me Now

after Baghdad

On the table by the window

balanced on its spine

this leaflet

butterfly open

and still as a

butterfly.

Peace for me now

zephyr through leaflet.

Peace for me soon

caribou and snow,

loping caribou

and caribou reclining.

By Donal Mahoney

Recluse at Coney

how does one handle

nude on the beach

extremities starfished

almost asleep

how does one handle

the talons, the beaks

By Donal Mahoney

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