In Late Summer of the Northern Hemisphere, Preparing Cherry Tomatoes
Little red planets
cool to touch.
Or Jupiter’s spot—
a sink of perfect storms.
Pop off stems.
The birth of
green stars.
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Audrey Hackett is a poet and editor living in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2022 and is a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts. Recent poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Alba, ONE ART, Green Ink, Right Hand Pointing, and Twelve Mile Review.
