
[Poem-a-Week] Something Beautiful by David E. Poston
Last month,
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Last month,

O God, thanks for the wonderful

We stand close together with silence between us

I’m calling in my

Remember?

(this is NOT a confessional confessional poem)

When the sun rises in the morning

Meet me at the old house.

I membah’s de time when mah mammy wah alive,

I asked the rock, who are you?