Roy Blokker Biography

I am often asked,
Asked quietly by myself
While the dark trembles
Like the cold expectant thing
...

The altars stand in ruins, some,
The shrines where we keep watch,
Old churches filled with dust and soot.
Pews empty and unlatched.
...

Mister Chamberlain was wounded
At the Battle of the Somme.
He disappeared for seven months,
Lost to everyone.
...

I've already caught one,
Though today's search just began:
I feel like a recruiter
At an ROTC camp:
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The wait excruciates.
The wait is life
Between those brief seconds
Of pain and joy,
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