5th Annual Cyberspace Poetry Slam

It's that time of year again!

Here's one for parents everywhere, from Laura Kasischke's collection, Gardening in the Dark.

Macaroni & Cheese

One day you may be asked, "How
was it that God brought forth
being

out of nothing?" Then, "Is
there no difference between them--
nothing, and being?" Outside

a strange slow snow, and a big
black bird hunched
over something in the road. The sky

will be a pale

reflection of itself,
like a woman making dreamy circles
at the center of a dish with a cloth.

Love. Hunger. Other alchemies.
You may be asked, "What

are my eyes made of? Can
Santa's reindeer be burned by fire? In
heaven, does Jesus eat?"
In the oven, something breathing. Rising. Melting.
    Shifting
shape and sweetening
in the heat. Now

you can see that the bird in the street
is wrestling something bloody

out of a carcass, trying
to expose its heart. You

put the dish down beside the cloth, and say,
"Darling, I don't know."

Comments

[bezzie]

That's deep. Here I just get asked "Mom, how old do I have to be to go to a bachelor party."

[kate]

Lovely.

I forgot to link it but I have an original up today.

[Chris]

Nice.

[Guinifer]

Love.

[Miss T]

I like that.

[rudee]

There are some things we will never know, but I do know this: Macaroni and Cheese makes everything all better.

What a great contribution, Amy. Thanks.