Author: Min Ji Park
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Accent Piece
Hydrangea in a beer bottle, How did you end up there? Who decided to pluck your beauty, And wrap it up In a Pabst blue ribbon? Yet look at you. With your ivory coif And those jade shoulders. Who gave you the right, To look like home?
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The Turtle
Too often I find myself Roaming the aisles Of my local pet store. I watch the turtles In their ten-gallon universe, Swimming and basking. But today, The yellow shells and red eyes Spoke to me. “Why do you come to see us?” The turtles asked. “We know you won’t take us home. You just take…