Author: Bill Clegg
Cites
- Alan Shapiro (1)
- IN: Did You Ever Have a Family (2015) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: You should have
heard him,
his voice was
unforgettable, irresistible, his voice
was an imaginary garden woven through
with fragrance.
Did you ever have a family?
Their eyes are closed.
That’s how I know
we’re there
inside it,
it’s made of sound and steam
that weaves between dark
dining room, bright kitchen.
We’re there because I’m hungry,
and we’ll all be eating soon
together, and the hunger’s sweet.
FROM: Song and Dance, (2002), Poem, US