Once More, With Feeling

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robins are nesting
in brutal appliance

caddisfly larvae
build hauberks of bone

insects observe
no moment of silence

horseshoe crabs
are impassive as stone

human debris
is sorted by pack rats

hording their trophies
in fulgurite homes

lichens develop
a hunger for plastic

devour the remnants
of packaging foam

flowers are blooming
in high mountain passes

tektites are gathered
in cairns for the dead

yetis emerge from
tunnels of glass with

Jesus their savior
new lambs to be led

Once More, With Feeling originally appeared in The Barrelhouse.

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