Sunday, February 3, 2019

The Honey Jar

I can sit in my chair,
hideous as it is.
I can take my popped balloon out of the jar.
My chair is a far
berth from Mycenae
and the Trojan War.
But there’s a fair prospect from here—
two windows, a dresser, a cat-tree.
What more
is there to wish for? I share
songs, like “Hide You in the Blood of Je-
sus,” or “When I Wake to Sleep No More.”
I can lie on my bed of rest and snore,
I can let the dead lie where they lie.
I can wake up and sit in my chair. But nary a day
goes by when I don’t think of you, my dear—
the sky
keeps us in touch from where you are
to my seat here in my chair.