By Eddlynn Jennifer Mangaoang
"Smoke Blowing, Lungs Protesting" is a poem published in the literary magazine The Pacific Review's 40th Issue, Aflame and Unafraid. See links below:
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The tractor's exhaust pipe blows
a heavy black smoke towards the sky
with invisible smog
like a soccer midfielder in
offense;
defense.
John spits tobacco from the driver's
side outta open window
as he maneuvers the
behemoth vehicle;
its R1 tires leave imprints
on the Earth surface
like an
Argentinosauraus
left its paw prints
back in the day.
Red, ripe tomato berries
harvested en masse
onto the tractor's back
onto the processor
down
down
down
down to the marketplace.
Back in the ranch house
Sophie basks under the sun
on a hammock in the
front porch
with a bottle of beer
on her right
and a hardcover
on her left;
the spider builds its
nest amongst
the roses
thorns
just a couple
feet away.
A quarter mile and there it
goes; the tractor arrives
to its home
Black clouds feed the air
A cough
A choke
And Sophie finds herself
reaching for her
inhaler in her
jean's pocket.
A choke.
A cough.
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