Just Before
the air turns green, pink, or sometimes yellow
like a bruise
animals still, birds quiet
listen
in heavy waiting air
watch
steel grey clouds wall across the sky
the animal in you is wary
look
the hook snares the ground
if it comes
sound runs a freightliner over paper
you throw
to the ground– your only,
tenuous hope
and pray
God spare you
this destruction
© Phylinda Moore 2011
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Phylinda Moore lives in Philadelphia. Journals where her work has
been published include: Bogg, The Rambler, RiverSedge, and Sierra Nevada College Review.
Phylinda Moore lives in Philadelphia. Journals where her work has
been published include: Bogg, The Rambler, RiverSedge, and Sierra Nevada College Review.
