Poem: In and Out

 

In and Out

 

walls keep out

leaf and panicle,

 

swallow slats

of plundered xylem. 

 

plankton foams

where gypsum was stolen.

 

lysol and bleach

for any incursion.

 

skull-clad cans

greet ant-ful invaders.

 

a spider’s textile

lacks lemony aerosol.

 

zoom zoom zoom

swat that fly, too zesty,

 

much life must perish

before we breathe.

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