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"MIRAGE" by Kevin Latimer

6/11/2020

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Kevin Latimer is a poet & playwright from Cleveland, Ohio. he is the co-editor-in-chief of BARNHOUSE. recent poems can be found in jubilat, poetry northwest, passages north, & elsewhere.

​MIRAGE
 
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i am going to die in two days but i know this: in heaven, every dead
mother skips across the concrete brick of the fountain. every mother’s
head crowned with gold & daisies. every mother’s body lifted
from brick now haloing around the water like a rainbow. dear God
of swallowed moths & grief, dear God of irony; on every city block
still-alive chalk lines begin to move & take to the streets. in every road,
dirt-dusted dead mothers hold their arms out & smile. jumping
out of every car, sons & daughters run into their arms like hurricanes.
4 Comments
Judith bodell-bieber
6/11/2020 09:03:27 pm

omg, this is fantastic. I had graphic visions while reading this.

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Anna Sintsirmas
6/16/2020 02:05:03 pm

This poem carries so much energy that as I read my body began to freeze up. Amazing work Kevin.

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Alexander_Had
7/19/2020 02:53:02 pm

This is unbearably beautiful, thank you.

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amy h van duzer link
1/4/2021 02:34:34 am

gorgeous

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