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Fascinatorium

or an afternoon at the museum

Skull of vole
little newts
tiny pig
other things not very big.

Stuffed snake
shark jaws
cow heart
things that give you a start.

Puffy toads float
in dusty jars
of preserving fluid
other things very lurid.

Shiny beetles
soft butterfly wings
grasshopper’s legs all crunchy
other things very scrunchy

What’s your favorite sound in this poem?

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