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Every bush strung
with shreds of bloodstained light,
there’s so much still to suffer,
an Atlantic of emptiness,
greasy & barely moving,
a slow-creeping blue creation,
like the drone of flies
from an adjoining world.
Howie Good, a journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, is the author of five poetry collections, most recently Cryptic Endearments from Knives Forks & Spoons Press. He has a number of chapbooks forthcoming, including Elephant Gun from Dog on a Chain Press. His poetry has been nominated multiple times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net anthology. goodh51(at)gmail.com.