Issue 7, Winter/Spring 2009

Zoonosis, by Juliet Cook

            It was basically just a rope & a placard.
            When the grounds flooded, the anaconda floated
            out of its slippery habitat. Men worry about it, too.
            Women judging their size. All she did was laugh & laugh
            when she saw that snake. Some kind of hyenas need
            to be caught & contained. Stained teeth pulled out
            after the laughing gas infestation. That rubbery thing
            looks like a deflated clown nose, she screamed.