The Centrifugal Eye - February 2010

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A Midsummer Night's Glee

Chris Crittenden Chris Crittenden

whippoorwills commence to prate on topics illustrated by bats and sphinx moths; and a clown-like moon slants in fallen breeches. lightning bugs court whirligig silver kicked up by beetles on lunatic water; and frogs burp as if they had swallowed Pan's thyrsus. coyotes dirge like a barbers' octet, an owl spins its weird crick, and spiders jig their crazy legs like trampolinists. a goose speeds over like

what the f---

a meteor hurtles as if Orion had spit, and the stars decidedly take their wish and sleep on a cirrus.

―Night‘s Glee‖ By K. R. Copeland, 2010


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