Wild flamingos
tip-toeing
in a lake of acid
grew / grow
glands, adapting
to / for
an environment
so toxic
& super saturated
with salt
& most flamingos
on Earth
are born here, pink
consuming.
Jeanette Beebe's poems have appeared in Salamander, Sixth Finch, Chattahoochee Review, Juked, Bayou Magazine, New South, and elsewhere. She was named a finalist for the Iowa Review Award in Poetry, and she was a member of Minneapolis/St. Paul’s first spoken word team at Brave New Voices. She lives in Akron, Ohio. Her website is www.jeanettebeebe.com.