— they
never —
close their eyes
— passed on roadsides
stained or clean
fresh or spoiled
bones broken
twisted all akimbo
— dull or clear —
seized in
their wide surprise
till blown
to carrion
— close yours
beautiful beautiful
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 27, Issue 4.
Roger Desy taught literature and creative writing at Duquesne University, edited technical manuals at Westinghouse, helped revive and repurpose a neglected one-room schoolhouse as a venue for readings/music/community programs, raised a family that now raises itself, and wrote and writes poems. His poems have appeared in Blue Unicorn, Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review, Poet Lore, and Spoon River Poetry Review.
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