United

by
Shawn Aveningo-Sanders

Oh, how I long to see a murmuration. Fantastic,
like the ones captured on film: a ballet of starlings
in an otherwise sullen sky. Perhaps, in the shape
of a gigantic pair of scissors, like those angry bees
chasing a villain in a black & white Looney Tunes
cartoon, where we laugh and believe the bad guys
always pay for their evil ways. Can you imagine?
Such cooperation, such collaboration,
such e pluribus unum.

last night’s dreams

tumbling out of bed

to breaking news


Shawn Aveningo-Sanders shares the creative life with her husband in Oregon, running the Poetry Box. Her poems appear in Rattle (forthcoming), ONE ART, contemporary haibun online, McQueen’s Quinterly, Sheila-Na-Gig, Gyroscope Review, and Love Is for All of Us. Shawn is a multiple Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Touchstone Award nominee and has won prizes from the Oregon Poetry Association. Her newest book, Pockets (MoonPath Press), was a finalist in Concrete Wolf’s Chapbook Contest. When not writing, find her shopping for a new pair of red shoes or toy dinosaurs for her granddaughter. For more information, please visit: redshoepoet.com.