Accidents Will Happen

eggs break when they fall
milk spills when tipped

file folders mysteriously open
divulging political secrets

cherished by our puppeteers
lovingly let drop by media

who don’t even care
who drifts by the wayside

as long as they sell

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Adrienne Stevenson lives in Ottawa, Ontario. A retired forensic scientist, she writes poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. When not writing, she tends a large garden. Her poetry has been widely published in print and online journals and anthologies, most recently in Black Bough, Paddler Press and the BeZine.

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