didn't need them this time
White Bear Eagle Sea Turtle
Ivory Dove
just directly to the motel room
himself sitting at the foot of the bed
finished and finished and
entirely seized
(Merlin and Morgana)
and you standing to the right
behind him in
your black bra and slip
never looking so lost
possessed
by all that losing
he snapped to
like a slap
a mystic
rear end collision
lost your number
and has passed
you by every day since
his dearest friend
quizzical hurt saved
---
Wayne-Daniel Berard, an adoptee who found and embraced his
Jewishness, teaches English and Humanities at Nichols College,
Dudley, MA. He is an interfaith clergy person, and co-founding
editor of Soul-Lit, an online journal of spiritual poetry. He
lives in Mansfield, MA with his wife, The Lovely Christine.
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