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WHIMSY
the madrigal, volume iii
Rooftop Observation on a Day of Good Fortune
by eric lochridge
first warm, dry day of spring
lichen, tree cones, rickety stepladder
up on the roof with a leafblower
tossing storms of fir needles off the gables
scraping moss loose with the toe of a boot
extension cord either a tether or a tripwire
the black cat on the ground
blinks her emerald eyes like broken mirrors
Eric Lochridge’s debut full-length poetry collection is forthcoming from FutureCycle Press in 2022. He is author of three chapbooks: Born-Again Death Wish, Real Boy Blues, and Father’s Curse. His poems appear in DIAGRAM, Okay Donkey, Kissing Dynamite, Slipstream, and others. He lives in Bellingham, Washington. Find him on Twitter @ericedits.
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