Before plugging
my laptop
into the socket
to work on my poem,
I found a tiny
crimson and black
spotted hump
on the windowsill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whispered, \u201cooh, a ladybug\u201d.
As if my alto
could shatter her antenna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Got busy
googling symbolism.
Plotting on the luck
that\u2019s on the way.
Foot-rubbing love,
here to stay.
Pontificating on what
other good fortune lives
beneath God\u2019s feathers and wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forgot to open
the window
so she could get back
to climbing her rose bushes,
the delight of aphids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I found cloak,
faded to the
color of brick.
Seven black spots
of sorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Carla M. Cherry is a veteran English teacher who is studying for her M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the City College of New York. She has written five books of poetry; her latest is Stardust and Skin (iiPublishing 2020). She is a vegan who loves to go Chicago-style stepping.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"