appealing

The Maynard
Spring 2018

Ken Victor
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Making the Most of Our Voices

When the ten thousand snow geese
descended onto the toxic tailing pond
the mining company had left behind

watchers declared their flight
            beautiful
                        and horrifying

their smudged
black-tipped wings like batons
conducting the music of their honking

but their descent
could not be stopped

even by those
            who hollered and howled
                        who whispered and prayed

desperate to divert
that hallelujah of beating wings