A BIT OF TROPIC 
OUTSIDE THE DELTA SHOP-RITE  

Bright-eyed love bird 
far from  home,  
hopping on the truck's dash while  
carbon monoxide plumes  
in the  parking lot.  

Feathered exile,  
someone's green necessity  
so near  
the Arctic Circle.  
A miner's canary  

in the snowy dusk  
of icy November.  
Proof that somewhere  
flowers do perfume  
the balmy air. 
 

Copyright 2000, Christina Pacosz 


Christina Pacosz' chapbook, This Is Not a Place to Sing  was published by West End in 1987. Her newest chapbook, One River will be published this year by Pudding House. 

 
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