{"id":115,"date":"2009-07-29T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?p=115"},"modified":"2009-07-29T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T16:35:00","slug":"john-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/2009\/07\/john-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"John Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"

sea of tears
\nJohn Sweet, August 2009<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>reach yr dead hands up to
\nthe surface<\/p>\n

teach them to burn flags<\/p>\n

to assassinate kings<\/p>\n

all solutions create new problems,
\nand so the trick
\nis selective blindness<\/p>\n

sat there in the back yard and
\npointed out jupiter and
\nvenus to my sons<\/p>\n

spent most of my time
\nworrying that i was failing them<\/p>\n

days got colder until we
\nended up at zero<\/p>\n

sick at christmas<\/p>\n

sky of dirty glass<\/p>\n

say to her i am not you<\/em> and
\nthen say you are not wakoski<\/em><\/p>\n

say you are not atwood<\/em><\/p>\n

it helps to be alone<\/p>\n

it helps to believe in
\nredemption<\/p>\n

we will all end up dead no
\nmatter how many gods
\nclutter our rooms<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

perspective
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>John Sweet, August 2009<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

these days like black & white
\npictures and all of these
\npictures blurred and inarticulate<\/p>\n

creaking staircases
\nand cracked windows<\/p>\n

dirty light<\/p>\n

find the field where the body was
\nburied, the one where the indians were
\nmassacred, and lay down
\nyour flowers<\/p>\n

all of history is detailed
\nin the slow collapse of barns<\/p>\n

all dreams in the wilderness
\nare dreams of decay<\/p>\n

this girl on the carpet, carpet
\nsoaked with blood, mother on the
\nfar side of the room<\/p>\n

candles on the sidewalk,
\nmeaningless but pretty<\/p>\n

a small atrocity, yes
\nbut still too much<\/p>\n

still so goddamned huge<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

John Sweet, 1968 – 20??, believer in writing as catharsis.\u00a0 Father and mild-mannered civil servant.\u00a0 Opposed to all forms of organized religion.\u00a0 Recent collections include “SUNPOISON” and “ASH WILDERNESS.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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