This poem is taken from Stand 229, 19(1) March - May 2021.

Howard Wright Six Poems
The Outskirts

Under crumpled wings a bee limps down
the empty road on its velvet knees and thistles explode
in fusty deceptions of fur. But there is always more,
more serrated leaves, foxed and freckled, dripping
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