each morning Grandmom awakened
fed oak slabs to a passive stove
heat
breakfast
the surviving family
at the kitchen table she trusted King James
belief
in this god and his ravenous influenza
a life with two fewer sons
each belief burned away in a fever
each night full of reaching for tiny hands
·
each night full of reaching for tiny hands
each belief burned away in a fever
a life with two fewer sons
in this god and his ravenous influenza
belief
at the kitchen table she trusted King James
the surviving family
breakfast
heat
fed oak slabs to a passive stove
each morning Grandmom awakened
From The Language of Moisture and Light by Le Hinton.
Used by permission of the poet and Iris G. Press.
Copyright © 2013 by Le Hinton.