Whereas by Stephen Dunn

Author:Stephen Dunn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

You’ve always been the kind of man who wished

to be known for the quality of his yearnings,

regardless of outcome, but now you want

the storm that won’t stop to stop, just stop,

and your friend who lives there in Johnsville

with his two bulldogs, Butch and Bella, you want

for all of them to be spared. You feel like

the Holden Caulfield of the Midwest.

Meanwhile, the sky has darkened to another shade

of black, and the wind, it … the weatherman says

it’s time to make a statement. No, says

the weatherwoman, it’s time for prophecy,

but he puts his hand over her mouth. These are

the asides they’ve learned that boost ratings,

some are even scripted, but statement or prophecy,

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