ENVIRONMENTAL Poem: bobbing for a bite, by Katie Johnson

how often something occurs determines its value

adaptation requires consistent inquiry

what stoma think of exhaust plums
birds to marinate on power lines

what gills sigh in diesel
parched carcinogens
to lick the carbon dioxide

I snagged my first catch when I was six
pole strained
slight expectation
fell to the bottom in
lull of agency

We screamed
gills riggling

what left a body ridged

with blood oozing
out the eye

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