Brief Reprieve by Richard Seltzer

(from Dark Woods and Other Poems)

Brief Reprieve

Beneath the pound of the rain

and the rush of the tides,

a gentle peace abides,

a weary ease.

A thrush chirps softly,

calmly through the thunder;

a worm crawls from under

the burden of earth.

It's a reverential hush:

liquid peace pours from heaven,

as God snores

in weary ease.

(written March 1965)
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Richard Seltzer

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