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Arctic Tern
Christina Ellison
The park bench is occupied
by a boy in a white slicker
staring between fat raindrops
at a bird on a far branch.
By the boy in a white slicker
lies a red-dappled dish rag.
The bird on the far branch
takes flight; left behind are
lies about a red-dappled dish rag
and a boy with a busted nose who
took flight. Left behind are
fistfuls of misplaced anger.
And the boy with a busted nose
sniffles between his raindrops,
mind full of misplaced hope.
The park bench is occupied.
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