a retired
chainsaw
a crab apple tree
the debris
wound
infected
bacterium
Sodalis
growing
in an agar dish
“From page 143 of ‘I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life’ by Ed Yong (unfortunately, the first pages of the chapters don’t have page numbers). This was a great exercise. Lots of fun, and will be done some more. Sorry about the poor quality of the copy, but I couldn’t get the book to lay flat.” –Lenora Good
Poems From Page 143 
[…] Writing: Check out this site. This is something all of you can do, and maybe have some fun. Poems From Page 143. Be sure to read About This Project, it’s a fun page about one of our favorite characters, Mr. Rogers. Yes, that Mr. Rogers! Anyhow open a book to page 143, read that page, find words that go together, black out the others, and voila! You have a poem. If you like what you’ve accomplished, submit. Here’s mine. […]