|
::: |
|
|
|
| THE CHRISTMAS PARTY
|
|
|
When Jake unravels into a tantrum
we can't pretend to know how his body
makes a series of lonely voices
for him to listen to,
like so many starlings
above an abandoned vineyard.
We don't know the vinegar sting
on his open wounds
as Maya, his young
|
from The Wind is a Tall Man Striding
watershedBooks
2000
Copyright © Jim Slominski
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|