Odessa 1920
By yours truly, the happy recluse
Issue 003
Odessa 1920 – a poem based on true events
– yours truly, the happy recluse
My grandma got out of Odessa
hiding in the hay—
of a wagon into which
soldiers stabbed
……….pitchforks in
again & again…
when I sneezed in September
she told me with a grin:
“That’s why you have hay fever,
from the fear I felt when they—
stuck pitchforks in the hay.”
About the Author:
yours truly, the happy recluse (secret citizen of Cleveland, Ohio) spends much of his timelessness mating ecstatic meditation & poetry creation—giving mindful birth to understanding wordlessly; thus the joyous challenge to express linguistically. Far too reclusive to give readings, he may reply to (hate-free) emails. kenpgoodman@yahoo.com.
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