Someone's Hallelujah (revised(
Posted: 22 Oct 2019, 08:42
When sated, my lover flops
on her back, wipes her thin
mouth with the back of one hand.
"I would never bring a child
Into this world " she says.
Someone's hallelujah struggles
to rise, bumps and rustles
like a foil balloon caught
in the updraft of a ceiling fan.
From the upper rooms,
comes a murmur,
the unquiet tongues
of the saved.
Someone Else's Hallelujah
When sated, my lover flops
on her back, wipes her thin lips
with the back of one hand.
" I would never bring a child
Into this world, " she says.
Someone else's hallelujah struggles
to rise,, bumps and rustles
like a foil balloon caught
in the updraft of a ceiling fan.
Its cerulean ribbon twitches
like a tow-rope from Heaven.
on her back, wipes her thin
mouth with the back of one hand.
"I would never bring a child
Into this world " she says.
Someone's hallelujah struggles
to rise, bumps and rustles
like a foil balloon caught
in the updraft of a ceiling fan.
From the upper rooms,
comes a murmur,
the unquiet tongues
of the saved.
Someone Else's Hallelujah
When sated, my lover flops
on her back, wipes her thin lips
with the back of one hand.
" I would never bring a child
Into this world, " she says.
Someone else's hallelujah struggles
to rise,, bumps and rustles
like a foil balloon caught
in the updraft of a ceiling fan.
Its cerulean ribbon twitches
like a tow-rope from Heaven.