2 min read
Слушать

The Assassination

It begins again, the nocturnal pulse.

It courses through the cables laid for it.

It mounts to the chandeliers and beats there, hotly.

We are too close.  Too late, we would move back.

We are involved with the surge.

Now it bursts.  Now it has been announced.

Now it is being soaked up by newspapers.

Now it is running through the streets.

The crowd has it.  The woman selling carnations And the man in the straw hat stand with it in their shoes.

Here is the red marquee it sheltered under.

Here is the ballroom, here The sadly various orchestra led By a single gesture.  My arms open.

It enters.  Look, we are dancing.

0
0
33
Give Award

Donald Justice

(August 12, 1925 – August 6, 2004) was an American teacher of writing and poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980. In summing up Just…

Other author posts

Comments
You need to be signed in to write comments

Reading today

Венок сонетов 1
Ryfma
Ryfma is a social app for writers and readers. Publish books, stories, fanfics, poems and get paid for your work. The friendly and free way for fans to support your work for the price of a coffee
© 2024 Ryfma. All rights reserved 12+