summer shedding
about to sweep up
half a cat
~Eavonka
Ettinger
heatwave
backyard tree
rains a squirrel
~tom blessing
itchy indictment . . .
accepting a flea deal
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
chorus frogs
waiting in the wings
for their big break
~Eavonka Ettinger
nothing profound
in her words
yet she continues
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
insured
elder
riddled with ailments
the perfect patient
~Christa
Pandey
she
told me
i
need to get my butt
out of my head
years later i am still
working on that
~tom
blessing
summer outhouse
most unfortunate
mosquito bite
~Eavonka Ettinger
winter quilt our patchwork of state laws
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
Who would have thought
the telephone would disappear
before the telephone pole?
~Noah Berlatsky