Tag: animals
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Bear and Falls by James McIntyre
Strange incidents do happen ever On the famed Niagara river, This thought to mind it now recalls Event three miles above the falls. Thrilling ventures there abound, A bear which weighed eight hundred pounds, Hunters they do him discover As he was swimming down the river. They felt he would be glorious prize This grand…
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Worldly Wounds by Ryan Racine
My dog is a narrative archivist,unearthing the forgotten andpolluted histories that arescattered across Niagara Falls’ ecosystem. Like the bacterial intrusions that maketheir way into his body andcause biological mutations, thecity’s traumas enter and impregnate my mind. Realizing that i do not have the ability torecreate a preinfectious state,i instead reflect on what it means to…
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King of the Mist by Diana Williamson
Annie Edson Taylor Wanted to be first over the falls A school teacher from New York She was gonna’ show them all She had a custom barrel made But first tested it on a cat The poor thing plunged over the falls It had no say, cause that was that Luckily the cat emerged A…