Werepenguin
By Joanne Merriam
10 March 2008
Little things make her love him:
he says he'll call and does,
remembers to lower the seat,
makes soup when she's sick.
Krill soup, but still.
Now she flies underwater,
lays their egg on his horned feet,
wings like iced hope on her back.
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