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Makris Is Fallen
The dog came back,
grinning and smelling of carrion,
and her husband behind it, stride and gestures
too large for the house. His field voice, cracking,
declared a wider kingdom,
and the name of a fallen city,
not theirs this time.
From outside the roar and shrill
of celebration poured in.
He drew near in a rank cloud, breathing hard,
to show her the gash in his thumb.
So she washed in five waters and went to their bed,
but he slept without moving,
still in his cloak and dust.
Source: Poetry (October 2008).
Biography
Sarah Lindsay is the author of Primate Behavior (1997), Mount Clutter (2002)—both from Grove Press—and Twigs and Knucklebones (Copper Canyon Press, 2008).
Poems by Sarah Lindsay
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Living, Health & Illness, Relationships, Love, Men & Women, Nature, Landscapes & Pastorals
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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