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Field trip
On the bus
Down the road
To see science

The bog
Sucked my leg
Into the sphagnum
Florescent green
Clear almost
Like a bottle brush
Worn and bent
Or a loosestrife forest

The stagnant rich water
Below
Stole light
In its void
Heating the soup -
Caramelized consommé

Peat harvested
Branches and more caught
Layers of time
Of the former lake
Before the beaver
and the bloom

Exploring on my own
Watching the dragonflys arch and fall
Hover in the air
Grasp a switch
Move with it in the breeze

Pitcher plant
Deep living pipe
Green and red
Near fall
A pool of water
Nitrogen rich with flies
Trapped, meeting their fate
As food
For a voracious plant

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