“Sinister pinwheel/stuck to a breezeless sentence/as sly ornament—”
Little black spider
crawling up the uneven
ladder of language—
Little black snowflake
sneaking into the fine print
almost unnoticed—
Sinister pinwheel
stuck to a breezeless sentence
as sly ornament—
Innocent ink blot
or devious intruder?
Find out: read further*.
Brook J. Sadler, Ph.D. is a professor of philosophy, a poet, writer, freethinker, and human who resides in Florida, despite hurricanes, cane toads, pythons, alligators, and pernicious politicians. Her writing can be found in varied publications including, McSweeney’s, Greensboro Review, and Ms. Magazine online.
