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Barton D Smock
Poems
Apr 2015
clowning midwest, clowning poor
to jump
the dream
of audience
that buried
my father’s
rib
I stand
on an operating table
in a circus
tent
and invite
my mother
to believe
all earthquakes
belong
to satan
and not
to the devil
my sister
was
when high
on the body, its boneless
forgetting
Written by
Barton D Smock
48/M/Columbus, Ohio
(48/M/Columbus, Ohio)
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