JASMINE DREAME WAGNER

Like Empires and Languages

Marilyn wore
many rings,

and a redwood’s worth
of layered skirts.

When she stood at the center
of Times Square

and confessed
our questions,

a light changed
from green to red

like birdsong,
interrupted.    

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   Contributor’s notes

   Burtynsky’s Mines
   Egrets
   Like Empires and Languages

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