john mckernan
For an autopsy
On his daughters
He wanted
To know
Why their stony hearts
He didn’t know much about
Dendrites
Dopamine
DNA
A large tapestry
Of the Garden of Eden
Hung moth-eaten
On one wall
Of the castle he didn’t own any more either
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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john mckernan
teaches part-time now and then at Marshall University He lives – mostly – in West Virginia where he edits ABZ Press His most recent book is a selected poems, Resurrection of the Dust.
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