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1
There are worldwide, catastrophic storms
When earth’s network
Of weather-control satellites
Is sabotaged by unknown enemies.
As fire rages through the western forest
Jeff Bridges snarls,
“If you want a piece of me,
Come get me.”
2
The baby says, “MMM, MMM!”
To the stuffed fish
Then hits it
Against her closed mouth.
“Ah, Ah,” she says,
Holding it at a distance.
She opens and closes
The palm of one hand. “Bye-bye,”
We say for her.
“Bye-bye, Fishy!”
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Rae Armantrout’s most recent collection of poems is Partly: New and Selected Poems, 2001–2015.
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