In unconscious grouchiness

Lisa Jarnot
In unconscious grouchiness
 
Sometimes you fall through the ice
to the bottom of the pond
 
Other times you’re in a faraway city 
like Austin or L.A.
 
Each time you’re majestic 
and forgivable, at least to me
 
Standing tall up against 
the trunk of a silver maple 
 
Its branches a bird nest halo 
for your future heavenly form.
 
Death Poem
 
The desire to follow
that strand of flannel 
through space.
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Lisa Jarnot

Lisa Jarnot is the author of several books of poems. She lives in Queens and is a minister at Safe Haven United Church of Christ. 

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