Startled by Joy 2019 by Laura Vosika & Thomas R. Smith & Dan Blum & Michael Dean

Author:Laura Vosika & Thomas R. Smith & Dan Blum & Michael Dean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: poetry, classical poetry, traditional poetry, new poetry, American poetry, modern poetry, joy, anthology
Publisher: Gabriel's Horn
Published: 2019-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

– J M BOLLMAN

Propitiation

ACCUSED, I STAND ALONE before the judge,

Trembling as I hear the lawyer scoff

To list my crimes: the filth, the muck, the sludge,

Right down to hidden stains I can't wipe off.

How can I plead? I'm guilty of each charge.

I am undone! The accusing counsel sneers

At my distress, my obvious guilt writ large

Upon my face. Surrounded by the jeers

Of the disgusted crowd I hide my head.

Worse than the guilt is its attendant Shame,

Which strips me bare. But what is this? Instead

Of bearing scorn, I scoff myself. My blame

Rests on his naked shoulders!—

My judge, who

Himself hangs on my gallows, breathes, "For you.”

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