| InterBoard Poetry Competition | |
OF THE NEXT DOOR CONFECTIONERS
Sachi Nag
(Writer’s Block)
Then we moved to Picnic Garden Road
where sweetness in the confectioner’s
blood rose so sharp his sons
wouldn’t have him home; hospitals neither.
It’s not uncommon for ants to nibble
on the diabetic; just look
under the bandaged eyes. At first
when he spoke of pain we raised
our hands to clasp our mouths.
Then there was a gaping hole
swarming ants; then he was gone.
Now the kids are safe again.
And there is one more room
with a foot’s impression on the wall.
Judge David Biespiel’s comments: “The poem’s orderliness is fine, a good example of In Medias Res, for sure.”
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3rd Place Winner, April 2006
