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Meleagrididae

May 25, 2014
By Justine Le BRONZE, Austin, Texas
Justine Le BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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(this is all centered so that the form looks like a turkey)

Cats and dogs/
Fall from the sky/
Onto American soil/
Rumble/
Boom/
Flash/
Yelp/
Whine/
Gobble/
Drum/
A herd of Meleagrididae/
With blue heads raise their heads to the sky,/
Drinking the rain, while other creatures rush/
Their progeny out of the field, away from the storm/

Huddled together like sheep on a meadow, the fowls/
Become a whirlwind of chocolate and ivory feathers./
The pebbled walls of the birds' breasts shimmer like/
Rainbows at aurora. Their tails spin into elaborate/
Skirts of flamenco dancers. On the edge of the hardwood/
Forest, baby finches watch safely in their nest as the/
Damaged silk draping the majestic beasts' feet cavort/
Gleefully in liquid sunshine and deluge./
Throat choked up, beak wide open/
A few seconds later, the/
Turkeys/
Fall/
From/
Hydro/
Asphyxia.



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