September 23, 2024
Why Hawks Make Bad Bosses
Jean Janicke
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Circling on thermals
dark suits and auburn feathers
soar above pay grades.
Their shadows darken cubicles.
A high-pitched descending keeeeer
freezes fingers over keyboards.
They leave one small wing
on the floor near the printer,
prey partly eaten.
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Jean Janicke spends her days with spreadsheets as an economist in Washington, DC. She started writing poetry in the pandemic, and now her work has appeared in Rabbit, Last Stanza, and SPROUT.
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