June 2009 Issue
Offerings
Because it’s instinct
to bring a small gift
when you visit
I want to leave oranges for the chimpanzees
in the zoo’s primate house
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Laurel Bastian has work in Margie, the Cream City Review, Tar River Poetry, Nimrod, Anderbo and other publications, was a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, and holds a MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches creative writing at a men's prison near Madison.
Because it’s instinct
to bring a small gift
when you visit
I want to leave oranges for the chimpanzees
in the zoo’s primate house
Winner 2009 Food Verse Contest.
The Ristorante di Memoria
has a zealot for a chef….