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Writer's pictureAlice Wyatt

Foreign Devil

an annoying click click click follows me

on my evening stroll


I stand

one foot suspended

like a riverbank heron


pluck the offending goat head

from the bottom of my shoe


tiny New Mexico monster

held gingerly

between forefinger and thumb


a stowaway

now 827 miles from home


with a flick

it disappears into lush lawn

foreign devil in an unexpecting land







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jayjanet
jayjanet
2023年6月30日

I remember moving here from OK at the beginning of the 7th grade. I took my bicycle to the park across the street. Promptly got a flat. Fixed it and went back, another flat tire toot suite. My neighbor told me about goat heads. Went to the hardware store bought a couple of thorn resistant tubes and ... problem solved.

いいね!

buddecarlson
buddecarlson
2023年6月29日

Ps, is this your picture? I love it!!

いいね!

buddecarlson
buddecarlson
2023年6月29日

Oh, you did not! Gasp

いいね!
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