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May Sheep Safely Graze?

A poem.
By Jasmine Marshall Armstrong
The illustration shows a sheep looking out at a hill that is lit up with bombs.
Illustration by Hokyoung Kim
January 2024
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The electric fence is low,
and the coyotes many
this verdant year,
this jubilee when farmers
change their signs
from demands we
PRAY FOR RAIN
to THANK YOU LORD.

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Illustration by Hokyoung Kim