Der Daily Yoke
By Ed Roberson
funny that little yoke
sunny side up
in the span of the lake
every morning for breakfast
bubbles up what—
great hen lays this egg
on us.
onus now that’s funny
this burden of respect.
what shining
flight or light are we to prove
our ancestry with the sun—
what throwback are we.
to cook up?
Source: Poetry (October 2020)