David McLansky Poems

The Miracle (16)

The Pilgrim Chief moved through the crowd
His head held high, his eye was proud, 

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Dark Justice (23)

They come within the mask of night

To maximize the sense of fright, 

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The Investigation (25)


The little child woke at dawn

And asked the Prioress, 'Where my Mom? '

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Zechariah Rebukes the Priest (29)

'I did not say that I was Christ, 

To say that's not exactly right; 

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Just for the silver they sold their soul
When loyalty asked that they be bold
For a bag of silver, not even gold,
The witnessed false things that they'd been told;
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This is hard to say
(I so lack tact,)
But I've met a few
Nymphomaniacs;
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When I see reflected
In my son's eyes
My own soul's wit and mocking irony;
When with a secret glance
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Death remains my Enemy
I've known it since a boy,
The shadow in my garden
The monster I avoid.
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I never thought
I'd ever be
Fancy free;
Nor did think
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'Oh why do they always make a fuss,
Your honor I really didn't see that bus!
And I took that necklace on loan, on trust;
It just got lost between... my bust.'
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