“May 20, 2013” by Michelle Benningfield

(for Oklahoma)

Even the trees lost their breath.
We all heard
the soft exhale
rush forth
in unison
from the branches of their lungs.
All song stopped,
carried off on frightened sparrow’s wings
as green leaves
torn from their limbs,
settled to the ground.

-Michelle Benningfield

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