ling ling
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when they removed
her baby panda
dead in captivity
ling ling cradled
an apple as if
nothing had changed
as if the universe
hadn't thwarted her
as if the small
spherical fruit was
the lonesome frog
who needed a kiss
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Poem by Janet Cannon
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Previously published in
Day Laborers
(Janet's chapbook published by Plan B Press)
and
OrmFaer / Quarterly Review of Poetry
(Fox Paws Press, Costa Mesa, CA --- Title: "as if")
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