It began as sacrifice. The favored son. The virgin. A chalice of blood: blod. Then surrogates: ram or doe. The prettiness Of a lamb.
Joan Colby has published widely in journals such as Poetry, Atlanta Review, South Dakota Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, New York Quarterly, the
October, 2016 T A B L E of C O N T E N T S POEMS David White, October Alyssa Jewell, Oil and
