A Metaphor /  Joshua Alan Sturgill     

the geneticist
engrossed by the image in his microscope
conceives a theory remarkable and unprecedented
about the lifecycle of an amoeba

while the flame
from a faulty wire in the clinquant screen behind him
climbs past the broken alarm


All poetry and supplementary material: copyright 2023 by Joshua Alan Sturgill. All rights reserved.

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