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Oct/Nov 2015 Poetry Special Feature

In Yancowinna County

by Barbara De Franceschi

Image courtesy of NASA and the University of Arizona

Image courtesy of NASA and the University of Arizona


In Yancowinna County

galahs flock
to name the vulnerable
who cannot decide on hope or insanity
they are part of a system
drought and diminishing investment
trees that curtsy to domestic struggle
bank loans that summon another untimely death

nothing will stir the blood
except for solid rain
and the sound of a tractor
cutting through a daybreak curd of mist.

 

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