
burnt leaves and plastic
swallowed by eddies and waves—
our marriage, undone
© Nancy Botta, 2020
burnt leaves and plastic
swallowed by eddies and waves—
our marriage, undone
© Nancy Botta, 2020
Blue mottled with black,
thick clouds clot above concrete—
right eye swollen shut.
© Nancy Botta, 2020
Thousands of cameras
observe an empty city;
deer gaze at streetlights.
© Nancy Botta, 2020
Another grey sky
crumbles into dusk edge
night shift nurse’s smile.
© Nancy Botta, 2020
Deep in a forest the world is quiet and dead; newborn icicles. © Nancy Botta, 2020