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I made a point of remembering
the silence inside the car
driving southwest
sun brilliant and warm
Impetulant crosswinds tossed my car
to the right shoulder of spring tangled weeds
and chain-linked Interstate fence where wind captured
and inflated a steel gray plastic shopping bag that waddled –
the size of a wild turkey
scratching for grubs in fresh thawed soil
the Red-Tailed Hawks herald this breech of cover
a long winter
teases us into escape
Abenaki / Huron descent, and USMC and Army Veteran, Suzanne S. Rancourt’s book, Billboard in the Clouds, curbstone Press (2nd print NU Press,) won the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas First Book Award. Her 2nd book, murmurs at the gate, Unsolicited Press, released in 2019. Ms. Rancourt's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Other Worldly Women Press 2020 Anthology, Mizmor Anthology 2020, Rat’s Ass Review, Lucky Jefferson, The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Free State Review, Event Magazine, Pangyrus to name a few. For more info, explore her website: www.expressive-arts.com