A tiny hand clutching the cord
wrapped around a stillborn
sibling, the survivor’s grip
eventually pulling at pant legs
in the front parlor, or
pirouetting fingers into fists
for the school yard. His parents
spoke in ghost-quiet whispers
around him, soaked themselves
with whiskey, and sang sweet
obscenities to each other,
undercover, trying to conceive
of something they had lost.
David R. DiSarro is currently an Associate Professor of English at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. His work has previously appeared in Neologism Poetry Journal, Bending Genres, The Rome Review, The Hawaii Pacific Review, among others. David's first chapbook, I Used to Play in Bands, was published by Finishing Line Press. He currently lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife, Riley, five children, and two rambunctious dogs.
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