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The American Poetry Review (Digital)

The American Poetry Review (Digital)

1 Issue, May/June 2019

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WHAT THE BUTTERFLY IS THINKING

Not anxiety-prone like me, it is not thinking about extending its brief lifeOr the serenade of iridescent blue patches on its fluttering wings Or the war. Or any of the other wars. Or the crescent moon afloat on winter water.I am putting money on this. I am confident. I am in love. The motions of many creatures appear randomBut are not? My husband says cows and bees— Cows and bees are swimming in his mouthCows browsing around in two sluttish dimensions, bees in three or four Among the savage perfumes, scavenging for the tastiest weeds strewn here and thereRandomly he says. The biggest nourishment bang for a bite, or sweet for a single suck Is why they never everForm straight lines. Really? In the lavender bush fifty seething bees, a dressy graduating class, liftingHovering descending &…
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