Poem Offering

A Poem from Jane Miller's A Palace of Pearls


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Do you know how long it has been since a moral
choice presented itself
and the wrong choice was made
not two minutes
why is it not quiet between lightning and thunder
as if someone were asking
do you have other articulable feelings if so express
them now
tragedy ensues
with a laser blast from the cockpit
the dangled finger of God makes contact
PLEASE CALL FOR SEVERAL HUNDERED THOUSAND PHYSICIANS
QUICKLY

(narrativemagazine.com)