- Crisis Counselor
She was a coat of arms
seasoned for the job -- tough
and polished like tortoise shell.
When the women were tougher,
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- The Egret Floating
I was suddenly back in bristles
when I saw the egret floating,
a stretched spline thrown down
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- Birdsong
I am eagle; don't be fooled by red silk
heels that sound so much like clanking clay
on hardwood floors where you and I one night
did lay when there was no heat left
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- The Sloth
Her back is an ecosystem,
algaeic and wrapped
beneath a canopyĆ¢??s sun.
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- Sea Canaries
The small white whales in packs of pods
keep their pacts with us, the fated beasts.
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