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Here are the poems:
11-burgeoning
Springtime Has Come to Wabeno
by Deborah Holt Williams
Springtime has come to Wabeno,
In Wisconsin’s frozen North.
Maples are burgeoning,
Fishermen sturgeoning,
Down at the Church of the Blessed Virgeoning,
All sing with praises as May polkas forth.
vs.
3-hybrid
Mystery Meat
by Victoria Warneck
I bought my lunch in school today,
and boy I’m sad I did —
a hybrid burger-fish fillet
more rubbery than squid.
So unidentifiable!
So sickening to eat!
I mustn’t be held liable
for yacking on my feet.
