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Matt Donovan, from "Fumbling with a Field Guide on the Back Arroyo Trail"

I once found a deer collapsed near a lake — sleek,
immaculate, & unmoving except for its antlers, which swarmed
with orange-&-black-speckled butterflies that obliterated
the velvet beneath. Whatever word explains this,
I don’t want to know it yet.

Lily in the Backseat

Hey Ma