THINGS TO ASK YOUR MOTHER
Do bugs even have penises?
What about chickadees—
are they like ducks?
Do bees have penises?
No, they’re mostly drones.
Mama,
isn’t pollen tree sperm?
—from 2017 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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Why do you like to write poetry?
Michael Unger: “I’m just thinking out loud: my mother hears my ideas, and writes them down exactly as I say them.”
