JESSICA FARQUHAR





A LITTLE OFF


The cicadas are like what the fuck.
The geese's honks are a little bit off.

We think it's the weather. The squirrels
keep picking the habaneros off

and leaving them around the pot.
How do they not know? Off

with deadheads, daylilies pinched
at the ovary. Write it all off,

we are in our forties. At the intersection
of peak responsibility and off

the grid. Asking around but not
hearing most sounds. If we go off

the rails, we don't care. In fact,
we tell each other, Hats off.






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