Monday, February 1, 2010

Broken Wings (for George Herbert) | Ethan Abata

I'll give you some goddamned Easter wings.
I robbed them from a dead man.
He fell from the sky today--
He flew too high.


Gorgon paradise,
Made of words in the dark
Shines like a justified slaughter
Up in the sky, always beyond your reach.


Taken from the 2001 issue of The Wire Harp.

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