Achieved Again
The old woman totters
down the driveway
toward her morning newspaper
tossed out like bird seed
awaiting early risers
to peck away best tidbits
like this old woman
who uses her grabber pole
to scoop up the rolled paper.
She shuffles back toward home
like doves landing on telephone wires
teetering back and forth
until balance is achieved again.
Cancer Twin
The body gets bored,
decides to experiment
by mixing cells
to see what will happen.
Lo and behold it births
growth magnificent
with rapid regeneration.
Eureka! rushes throughout
the system of blood, bones and tissue
to nourish this new addition,
this new creation until the host
discovers its existence
and plots its demise with assassins.
It floats out spies
to lie in safe houses
until the attack abates.
Snipers crawl forth
and shoot lookouts
so embryo stretches outward.
It matures, flings off
residual parries to its life.
It flourishes as body rejoices
at first, then fears
tinkering twin.
Diane Webster has published in “El Portal,” “North Dakota Quarterly,” “New English Review,” “Verdad,” and other literary magazines. She had a micro-chap published by Origami Poetry Press in 2022, 2023 and one forthcoming in 2024. One of Diane’s poems was nominated for Best of the Net in 2022.
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