Quart Size Blue Mixing Bowl
by
John McKernan

Half full
Of dried blood

Pass me a new battery please
The light in this room
Is peeling itself from the walls

That's how
I understood
Emily Dickinson
And her war with God

I also understood
The quick fists of Pat Harrington
To my right eye & my first sip of blood
Then Jerry Sibert's knee to my groin
Teaching me several new languages

I learned early
How to stare at a summer sunset
For three hours
And not flinch
As daily darkness entered this world
Quiet as a hammer lying on a pillow



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