This poem is taken from Stand 224, 17(4) December 2019 - February 2020.

Mary Gilliland Three Poems
Heat Wave

Left drawer a pool of rubber bands, clips,
staples, tape—tools that anchor small
pieces of circumstance—from the right
swell memos, blank index cards.

A mosquito netter flutters the corner
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