Thursday, May 28, 2020

Gathering by Susan Tepper


Do they speak in tongues
during the gathering—
bones put in raffia baskets
made to carry bread loaves 
and other savory items. 
Reduced now
to a flicker of memory. 
Are the bones arranged
the same way bread
hung over the sides,
and vegetables
held its center for balance.
Grass has become overgrown 
thicket.  A maze mostly
dark never to come out.





Susan Tepper is the author of nine published books of fiction and poetry.  Her most recent titles are CONFESS (poetry published by Cervena Barva Press, 2020) and the road novel WHAT DRIVES MEN (Wilderness House Press, 2019).  Tepper has received many honors and awards.  She’s a native New Yorker.  www.susantepper.com

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