Drawing by Judith Wolfe
Kenneth Pobo

Poem


      ROBIN

      Kids point to a robin,
      her back torn open,

      in my garden. I get
      my neighbor who tells me
      to find a bag. He traps
      the bird inside,
      takes it home,
      smashes it
      with a shovel.

      My maple,
      an empty house,
      wind poking through
      silent rooms.


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