July 25, 2018 / barton smock
/SOME OLDER THINGS\
~
[childhood (i)]
the body of jesus
pulled from the sea
~
[childhood (ii)]
I am, in the dark of an unwashed submarine, kissing his head
like it had
a message.
~
[lost priest]
I come from a place where a school bus hits a dog and the bus driver barks and all her kids play dead
~
[poem]
remember to rub them, the hands of the slow learner.
and to say their prayer
the one for the bald princess
& her child’s
perfect
somersault
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