drive-thru test center
a big smiley face mask drawn
on her rear window

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another raven
settles on the power line
new PR consultant

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reunion buffet
we loosen our belts
another notch

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used condoms
on the motel room floor
this payday night
all that remains
of a man’s masculinity

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the thunder
of Amazing Grace
for three days —
the whole church gets it,
this silent virus

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shelter in place . . .
alone in the attic room
with a fly
banging itself restlessly
against the sunlit window