Poem: In and Out

 

In and Out

 

walls keep out

leaf and panicle,

 

embraces slats

of plundered xylem. 

 

dead plankton foams 

in gypsum stolen.

 

lysol and bleach

for any incursion.

 

skull-clad cans

greet any ant-ful invaders.

 

a spider’s textile

lacks lemony aerosol

after all.

 

zoom zoom zoom

swat that fly, too much zest,

 

much life must perish

before we take ease.

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