The Barred Owl
is a brutal
editor
who scans the
white, snowy sheet before him.
Letting go the branch he
quietly banks, turns
descends on a
field mouse
parsing it
with his talons
leaving only
a drop
of red.
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Lyndon Nygaard is a research scientist for a medical device company. He holds masters degrees in divinity from Luther Seminary, and in science from Drexel University. He lives with his wife Marcy in Stillwater, Minnesota.