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Ethel

Karen Poppy

Sacbrood Virus

Darlings darken
Necrotic
In their sacs.

Brittle scales
Weighed with
Death. With
Their own
Undrowning.

Burst blind
Before pupation.
Kitten-eyed,
Calcified.

Sealed
In the hive.

Karen Poppy has work published in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Her chapbook, CRACK OPEN/EMERGENCY, is published by Finishing Line Press (2020), and she has another chapbook forthcoming with Finishing Line Press, OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL BRUTALITY (2021). Her chapbook, EVERY POSSIBLE THING, is published by Homestead Lighthouse Press (2020). An attorney licensed in California and Texas, Karen Poppy lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.