On a parallel road to the river, a deer was caught in a poet's headlights. Dead. With
her unborn child within.

I thought hard for us all—my only swerving—
then pushed her over the edge into the river.

Bending around leaping over
the river flows into
someone
else's dreams, and
humanity
floats with the specter of the
child within.

 

 

 

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