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The Prairie Light ReviewVolume 32 | Number 1 Article 4910-1-2010MicroDanielle SwansonCollege of DuPageFollow this and additional works at: http://dc.cod.edu/plrThis Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. It has been accepted for inclusion inThe Prairie Light Review by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. For more information, please contact koteles@cod.edu.Recommended CitationSwanson, Danielle (2011) "Micro," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 32: No. 1, Article 49.Available at: http://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol32/iss1/49The Prairie Light Review46MicroDanielle SwansonLong-legged as gazellesWater striders skate through mistPedestrians across the pond.Lumbering like an elephantAn iridescent beetle strains Cresting the height of  a limestone wall.Light-footed as a dance troupeYoung spiders skim in all directionsOver the bark-clad plains of  a spruce.Buried like forgotten relicsNew-hatched locusts forge from belowThe inexorable climb toward the sun.1Swanson: MicroProduced by The Berkeley Electronic Press, 2011

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