Sunday, 29 September 2019

Giulietta - a poem by Chris Zachariou


Juliet
Giulietta

in the beginning—
her light, always her light

then noon— penicillin
and a needle full of death

death, so much death
flows this morning in Verona

and that pit,
years and years deep
lurking in the corner
of the marble garden—

arms and bones
tangled, broken
and the smell of death

but
where are     her     bones
with the scent of honey and myrrh

and
who will reap the grain
from the yellow fields of August

no! no! no!
harvester, sheath your scythe
I will not let her wander
all alone in the sterile garden

my gentle old priest, please
take this grief away from me
here is a loaf of leavened bread
for your kind service



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