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Fight or Flight

How does a hummingbird handle the rain?

and what about bumblebees…

are there ‘brellies

and wellies

to help out these fellies

or without do these pilots complain?

How do pond dwellers deal with a drought?

the tadpoles, the fish, and the skitters…

is there office

to process

the loss of the faucet

and if not what goes on with these critters?

How does a wolf pack recover from fire?

a bear, or a deer, or a moose…

are there builders

with guilders

to refill

the wilderness

replenishing pine tree & spruce?

However it is, these beasties then live,

I’ll wager that this much holds true…

they don’t blame

the rain

or the flame

for their pain

they change tack, since reaction was due.

©Karen Robiscoe

M’s Little Pieces

 
still
 

On shattered glass

I wrote a face

its canvas unrelentingly,

tattooed eyes

that seemed surprised

and downturned mouth lamenting.
 
 
On second pass

I charted space

between my borrowed ribs,

drew blackest hole

where heart would go

breaking several nibs.
 
 
On third and last

I tried to trace

unmanifest inside,

the spirit pure

the light obscured

and sketched a broken smile.

©Karen Robiscoe

daily prompt: mirrored

 
 

Colliding Scopes

 
stars
 
beyond this Am

of written page

is wild élan
 
 

–and though pens plan

that heart persuades.

beyond this Am
 
 
of Marching Band

& Fretting Stage

is wild élan
 
 
–and such demands

no mortal gauge

beyond this Am
 
 
is Rock, not sand

is Life uncaged!

is wild élan
 
 
–and Siren’s chant

–and songs of Age

beyond this Am

is wild élan.

©Karen Robiscoe