Animal Kingdom

Melissa Kerman
Nov 6 · 1 min read
source: pexels

did the mother bird regret inhabiting
the pine tree instead of the oak
after the hurricane destroyed
the pine and her baby birds
beneath the branches?

would the pitbull in the shelter unbite
his owner’s infant niece if he knew
he’d spend the remainder of life
confined to a cage?

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Melissa Kerman

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poetry, prose, coffee. @melissakerman

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