One chalk line across unblemished skies
is this a tip-toeing back with one tentative
tender mark?
There once were many — too many
strident — non-hesitant — confident
criss-crossing — scratching — cross-hatching
scarring — blemishing blue with white
bringing — taking — striking
fading
constant streams of vapour through an invisible constellation
Since March there have been none
now here is one — the first
streaking from east to west
a single gossamer strand of hair
from the underbelly of a soft white dog
leaving behind a spreading trail of vapour
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Internationally published, S.B. Borgersen writes, knits socks, and walks her dogs on the shores of Nova Scotia, Canada. Her favoured genres are short and micro fiction, and poetry. She is a longstanding member of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia and an enthusiastic member of the international online writing group for expats, Writers Abroad. Sue’s collection of 150 micro fictions, While the Kettle Boils, will be published by Unsolicited Press in early 2021. Her collected poems, Of Daisies and Dead Violins will be published later that year. For the full list of her publications visit. http://www.sueborgersen.com