Marie Nunalee
blockage no. 8

a bumblebee, Kamikaze pilot
in disguise, balancing ancillary,

damp sidewalk-situated, papier
mache pinions flashing faintly.

six coarse-haired legs flicker for the
troubleshoot-detection of external

demise; antennae circuits flip on,
flip off, blow fuses red and bright.


Marie NunaleeMarie Nunalee lives in Asheville, NC. She will be in indefinite space 2014, and can be found in various other publications, including theNewerYork, The Metric, Epigraph, Eunoia Review, Deadbeats, and Digital Americana. She writes at swordfishsermons.tumblr.com

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