CHRISTMAS MOURN
(EXPECTED, BUT NOT
RECEIVED)
the shape
of life distorted
stumbles
speech slurred
like lines
in the painter’s
fog of
the mind
catacombs
heart
yelling
valve teeth
gut twist
bile
acid
society
nimbly
wrenchingly
-year-old
who scrawled
paint crayon
book wall
and presented
it with a joy
on a searing
july-like
christmas
an uncertain
sailor
legs wobbly
rendering
of the gray
monotone
of the
eclipsing
dusk-drawn
open
in the
discarded
understanding
the cold
shoulder
presents
to the I
like a five-
gibberish
over a
beloved
expected,
but not received
by cranky-eyed parents
mourn.
Poetry by Andrew Buckner
Andrew Buckner is a multi award-winning poet, filmmaker, and screenwriter. His short dark comedy/horror script Dead Air! won Best Original Screenwriter at the fourth edition of The Hitchcock Awards. Also a noted critic and author, Buckner runs and writes for the review site AWordofDreams.com.
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