SPRINGTIME TRAGEDY Sherri Hatcher OF Drom butterfly, plant The gentle The watcher Your body be silky wings And high Gor OF surely above by and then you have butterfly, The slingshot in your swoops by you through vines catch antics, other will upheld, not spell and sails, others near; the you trails have no the mowing the buttercups your wings you easily, captive venture shrubs Your gracefully feathered dips and stopped your tangled flit with propels is held to Continuing Astonished you breeze fragile Refusing Of how to plant, you nobins fear. breeze 40a. freeze, tricks in store. fly brings your journey again; to an end. THE ZOO Peggy Niklason / There A\nd are screams popcorn, and chirps and peanuts, flying in the The greedy bear devours he people push ae ahowe Slippery seals glide ae hele chew The scowling The people And gawky They ‘re The fox great giraffe above These creatures Look | The 15 the speak extends peering always beasts--all above searching used for for a duel sobs. to their waddling eyes of their pool mobs, Laby sharply by fears- the fair. through searching trailed air; without see noisy past -- a ducks Ligh to pases leaders, to proudly alerts scurry them whistles--even the mates, marchers; gates watchers. out a treasure. human pleasure. jeers