Pestilence

Elizabeth Helmich
Chalkboard
Published in
1 min readNov 16, 2017

a one line poem in response to this prompt by Randy Cooper for Chalkboard

Photo, my own

Crumbled paper nest of hornets

balls up its fury against mortal enemy:

the broom, vice-gripped by a livid gardener

while lucky stragglers pass out

in rotten apple pulp.

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Elizabeth Helmich
Chalkboard

Holes and a series of rabbits — my debut poetry collection — now available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089RRRGXX/