the winter anthology
Vol. 6
Travis Smith
monarch
A kettle
was left boiling on Corcovado
it made a cloud
I’m standing under it now
Danaus plexippus is a milkweed butterfly I flick my finger at you
Once every year
We don’t expect or need spines on every clock
But one of the spines pricked a boy and he ran
Danaus plexippus
that boy is still running