My last chance child
went to Utah on a hired truck.
Insured specimens.
Hopeful miniature, still life,
the wild question remains:
Will we reap a harvest from you?
Hopeful, round portion
at the final bite.
Smallest maybe.
Merciful miniature,
still life.
Copyright © 2025 by Maya Marshall. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on June 4, 2025, by the Academy of American Poets.
