Photo by Cameren Harper
It isn’t enough, it seems, that we’ve again afforded them
a safe haven on our porch in which to rear their broods:
The once-adorable, amiable models of avian parental prowess…
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Sure, I’d had a worm’s eye view of what I’d be asking
for by opening that can, but it wasn’t enough to keep me
from taking it in the grip of my one hand, & sinking
the opener’s tiny, circular saw into the tin-lined-steel lid
with the stubborn squeeze of my other…
Make me an offer I can’t refuse here!
SLHARPERPOETRY 