Haiku Series: Little Red Pre-Med

By April Freely ‘04

proud mothers chuck lead
pellets against tender mesh
skin to fortify

steel beams, strength for war.
distal curves left in skin grow
heavy. There's a test

today. Attrition:
quantum orbitals, luscious
flakes drift, heavy when

unseen; ln's they slip
along rivers, sediment
tests of lies, as wolves.