The Innisfree Poetry Journal

www.innisfreepoetry.org

by Douglas Clark

Metamorphosis

At the conference table,
unable to compete,
articulate an argument,
rebuttal or debate,
I head for the nearest exit.

Out in the garden,
I open my mouth,
Launch a gelatinous tongue,
and gracefully suck a mayfly
out of midair.



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