Randy Brooks

scruffy side up
the mail-order chick
we couldn’t save

— Randy Brooks

afloat under shallows

octopus body & tentacles

in blue moonlight

— Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

late autumn petunias
outlived
mother too

— Randy Brooks

window thump!

the yellow-rump warbler’s

broken neck

— Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

photos of our kitty
who died last night
all of us so young

— Randy Brooks

propped her back up

on the piano

memorial portrait

— Randy Brooks

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church couple
the one in the coffin
not always silent

— Randy Brooks

deep snow

most of the insects

buried alive

— Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

water snake
giving up the ghost
tongue lashing

— Randy Brooks

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day old
out of the nest
flies

— Randy Brooks

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Canadian geese
black heads hang down
from the tailgate

— Randy Brooks

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a conclave of snails
over the remains
guppy tail

— Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

turkey buzzard
today’s joy a fish
out of water

— Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks

harvest moon
starlings deadhead
the scarecrow

— Randy Brooks