Silver Linings
Did you ever notice a rain cloud / At the moment before it breaks? / So distended with bloated fullness / The suffering it must take? …
The Comforter
Her loved one is taken; her family gathers. / The Comforter enters as the grieving one prays. / Her poor heart is breaking; the Comforter lingers… …
Fever’s Brow
Lightly touching fever’s brow / With a soothing mother’s touch / A solemn whispered prayer she gives / As to his little hand she’ll clutch …
Sunday Noons
Pillow grasped / in tight little fists / around her head / scraped knuckles / reminders of / yesterday’s / floor scrubbing / abandonment / her …
The Vigil
The Vigil / she writhes / powerless / as giant phalluses / force the last remnants / of lubricant from her guts- / dry plates screech …