Monday, June 20, 2016

J. Lewis - One Poem

Filler Text

lorem ipsum he said
you know
the stuff you use
when you don't have content
but you need to see
the lay of the land
the fit of the phrase
the pattern on the page

but my hearing is going
and i swear he said
dolores whips 'em
and i stopped listening
because i had an instant nightmare
the spanish inquisition
led not by the church
but by the household servants
where anything
and everything i said
had been heard
recorded
reported

the accusations cracked
like a whip
against my conscience
splaying my resolve
laying my heart as bare
as a tree in winter

oh, yes i thought
oh, yes
no one ever hides the truth
when sweet dolores whips 'em



J. Lewis is an internationally published poet, musician, and nurse practitioner. When he is not otherwise occupied, he is often on a kayak, exploring and photographing the waterways near his home in California.

2 comments:

  1. I like this poem. Especially the line, a tree in winter.

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  2. I like this poem. Especially the line, a tree in winter.

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