Ed Shacklee

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Cages

(double cinquain)

 

Giraffes,
their long necks bent
and legs splayed, drinking, look
like sun-dappled roller coasters
to kids.

To kids
the animals caged in the zoo
are people in houses.
They don't pity
giraffes.

Ed Shacklee is a public defender who represents young people in the District of Columbia. His poems have appeared in 14 by 14, Light Quarterly, New Verse News and Strong Verse, among other places.