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A Flock of January Sparrows

By Daniel Boyko

Their silhouettes trace the grey New Jersey sky.
They should be down South, napping
on Myrtle Beach, the empty Florida shore

like a groundhog should be in its burrow.
They should be guzzling spilled Cokes,
feasting on shards of leftover beach

pretzels. But they’re too small, too stupid,
too broken. Down below, a fawn points,
giggles at the funny-looking ones. A fox smirks

at the runts. Soon, stomachs will wither
bone. Dead bodies will dot a neighbor’s backyard.
Feathers will scatter over driveways buried

in fresh snow. But they keep gliding
like tragic heroes, hoping for an elegy.

 

 

Daniel Boyko is a writer from New Jersey. His work appears or is forthcoming in SOFTBLOW, Nanoism, Eunoia Review, and The Aurora Journal, among others. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Polyphony Lit. Wherever his dog is, he can’t be far behind.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Winter Poems 2022

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