This poem is taken from PN Review 286, Volume 52 Number 2, November - December 2025.
Star-Nosed Moles
Yes, we resemble
the others in that
we like to believe
we’re special, although
we know we really
are. Our wildly
investigative
snouts, their extruded
tendrils in warm reds
and pinks like semi-cactus dahlias,
make us the only
mammals who display
both bilateral
and eleven-fold
symmetries. We open
each conversation
with a quivering
...
the others in that
we like to believe
we’re special, although
we know we really
are. Our wildly
investigative
snouts, their extruded
tendrils in warm reds
and pinks like semi-cactus dahlias,
make us the only
mammals who display
both bilateral
and eleven-fold
symmetries. We open
each conversation
with a quivering
...
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