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A Jar of Honey

A Jar of Honey
—Jacob Polley

 

You hold it like a lit bulb,
a pound of light,
and swivel the stunned glow
around the fat glass sides:

it's the sun, all flesh and no bones
but for the floating knuckle
of honeycomb
attesting to the nature of the struggle.

 

Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at 08:27AM by Registered CommenterMark Forrester | CommentsPost a Comment

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