Jen Zweibel

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Last summer’s ornamental grasses
Tumbledown around the yard
Scattershot commas and parentheses
In elaborate primitive emoji
Tell me to pause
Bleached gold, late-winter sun
Bitten and thrown by the wind
Tell me:
This world is still
In a bud of a bud
A held breath
Just this edge of dormant

Jen Zweibel (@jzweibs) lives in Pleasantville, NY, with her husband and children.