So very many visceral powerful poignant images- this, one of my favorites

…s unravel 
 into hopelessness,
 he lets go of his illusions of rescue,
 a prayer rots in his mind,
 his son’s name tastes like gravel 
 between his teeth.
 He backs away and watches his son
 pass him down the street
 and turn a corne…s unravel 
 into hopelessness,
 he lets go of his illusions of rescue,
 a prayer rots in his mind,
 his son’s name tastes like gravel 
 between his teeth.
 He backs away and watches his son
 pass him down the street
 and turn a corner, disappearing
 into…
A Son is Lost and Not Yet Found
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Theodore McDowell
Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Aug 14, 2024
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So very many visceral powerful poignant images- this, one of my favorites
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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