Eratio

Eratio Issue 17

 

 

 

Communication Breakdown

 

by MJ Gette

 

 

 

 

our heaven

-ly body

whose axis

is the telephone

in town

weakens

when the line

breaks down &

all the talking

turns to this—

when can we

sing

along with

the rest

of the world

again—

& have means

to follow

the revolution

around the Word

love

the rain

so you are

never

maddened

by the silence

of the sun

the voice

of yr cherished

whispers

into the receiver

beyond

the line

of the people

whose voices

are drowned out

in static while

they wait to

wrestle it for

a chance

to connect

to Him while

water

ebbs out

the sphere

of influence

on the rest

of us—

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MJ Gette is currently living in Guatemala, where she writes for an NGO.  Her work has appeared in Red Weather, Northern Eclecta, Lovechild and ditch.  She won the 2008 Red Weather Poetry Prize.  One of her poems was selected to be interpreted sculpturally throughout a semester-long Architecture course.  She has self-published two books of poetry and a novella, as well as a book of photos and narratives of Guatemalan Ancianos (elderly).  MJ Gette is online at MJGette.com

 

 


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