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Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
Cameron Morse


In this lower world 
where the philosophers hold sway, 
we discuss our chances, 
over breakfast, of an outbreak:
 
thunder and chicken sausage 
links sizzling in one 
too many tablespoons of water, coconut oil 
in scrambled eggs on the stovetop. 
 
Just to be safe, stock up 
at Costco for doomsday. A literary 
friend in Hong Kong wades 
through a stream of gauze nostrils 
 
and lips and weeps on Facebook 
on her way to an empty 
classroom. I would be among the first 
on the hit list, thanks to my 
 
chemo-compromised immune system, 
my asthmatic little brother 
not far behind. Thunder of another 
unexpected morning rain. 
 
Afterwards, in a cinder-plastered 
echo chamber, the chitter 
of house sparrows. Green beads 
of newly budding branches.
Picture
House Sparrow, by Victoria Alexander

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