The Meadow Annual Literary Arts Journal 2022

The Meadow 37 When solar flares and electron clouds collide above a bare tree To return the baby to its nest in an industrial park. He does it for me—for love, he says —And tells me about snow that looked like stars —A gentle lullaby—the sounds Of the world falling asleep. But I tell him I promised long ago I’d never be a mother.

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