Collected Poems of John Holmes
Holmes, John A., Jr.
2002
Somebody's bad luck
Somebody's bad luck
A woman crying as if she couldn't stop. I listened, but I didn't know who lived there. Somebody's bad luck. I saw the white ambulance at the emergency door Just as I drove past the hospital, in a hurry. They were being very careful with the stretcher. Somebody's bad luck. The morning paper says Father among rescuers failing to reach drowned child. Wasn't the brother in high school when I was? Didn't the mother work around here? Maybe not. Somebody's bad luck. Somebody's bad luck in the newsreels. Refugees. Somebody's picture in the tabloids. Law trouble. Somebody I saw downtown, looking scared, nowhere to go. Somebody, no one I know. Who? Who's hurt? Where is he now? Where are you? You can talk about it to me. I know it wasn't your fault. It's going to be all right. Can you hang on till I find you? I'm coming Where are you? I'm coming. | |