from Cape Disappointment
Diana Khoi Nguyen

before language assembles the tongue, instinct prompts a body
it takes several pecks and the snowy plover chick secures its insect
it takes many to become one
fingering the hem of mother’s lilac dress a dragonfly holds on
upon arrival haven’t we already headed toward departure

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