2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, the no-scape

The wharf possum returns heralding a new season

The mallards are all anarchists.

Waiting on a moonlight message, the swallows take their chances on low flying thermals.

The problem of city racoons these days must be rooted in the absence of robotic hedgehogs.

Tell yourself the city used to be civil.
Truth is, this is no city.

It’s a couture mausoleum sponsored by White Castle.

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