Too many mistakes, too many times
Indirection left unanswered. What news
May have entered the grid, what scintillating
Rumors shaped the way we
Understand the world? Too late
Songbirds tell us to play on instinct.
Such a romantic view of the universe,
Ever the power of citizenry to go, turn out
Rot that gummed the machinery.
Tempered, words turn to matter.
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Janann Dawkins’ work has been featured or is upcoming in Literary House Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, LiteraryMary, Poesia, At-Large, Alba, Taj Mahal Review, MiPOesias, Existere, Anastomoo, and The Ambassador Poetry Project, among others. Her chapbook, Micropleasure, was published by Leadfoot Press in 2008. She resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
