{"id":835,"date":"2010-07-05T16:34:33","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T21:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?p=835"},"modified":"2010-07-05T16:34:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T21:34:33","slug":"joseph-m-gant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/2010\/07\/joseph-m-gant\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph M. Gant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rites of Passage<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The skylark at the window singing
\nshot with a pump style pellet gun spent,
\nstill sings in spots of grey and
\nluminescent breast of gold on
\nthe ground beneath its perch.
\n<\/em>
\nAnd a little boy\u2019s contrition wells.
\nThe crying of a trigger-finger facade\u2014
\nAged by a handful\u2019s years
\nand dead now in a trident\u2019s tine.
\nThe singing plays upon the ears,
\nthe trickery of time\u2019s passing and how it makes
\nplain the differences never understood.
\n<\/em>
\nWings flap, the bird turns circlets;
\nmacabre snow angels in the dirt.
\nA tear again and a pump of the gun.<\/p>\n

Joseph M. Gant is a poet trying to breathe in a punch card world. The most interesting thing he has to talk about is his degree in Scientific Glassblowing. But don\u2019t ask him what a scientific glassblower does\u2014 he\u2019ll charge you a nickel; it\u2019s how he pays for pens. He resides outside of Philadelphia where he edits poetry for <\/em>Sex and Murder Magazine. His first full-length collection of poetry is being released through <\/em>Rebel Satori Press in summer of 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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