Jacqueline Jules
Fun Facts for a Conservative Court
Sea otters sleep
holding hands.
Swans mate for life.
Wolves live
in tight knit packs.
Whiptail lizards breed
without men.
Kangaroos have three vaginas.
Koalas have a double penis.
Monkeys masturbate.
Clownfish switch gender.
Same sex coupling occurs
across the animal kingdom.
Jacqueline Jules is the author of three chapbooks, Field Trip to the Museum (Finishing Line Press, 2014), Stronger Than Cleopatra (ELJ Publications, 2014), and Itzhak Perlman’s Broken String (Evening Street Press, 2017), winner of the 2016 Helen Kay Chapbook Prize. Her poetry has appeared in The Broome Review, Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Hospital Drive, and Imitation Fruit, among other periodicals. She is also the author of 40 books for young readers. Visit jacquelinejules.com.
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