Clemency on the Q Train by Carla Drysdale |
Clemency on the Q Train by Carla Drysdale |
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Clemency on the Q Train
by Carla Drysdale
A bee large as my thumb
turns in circles
on the black rubber floor
flecked with stars
like outer space or a pebbled shore
under our feet
as the Q train rumbles home.
Silent subway riders
watch the bee lumber up
onto a large tennis shoe
and stumble across its blue
and white checkerboard.
“Step on it!” someone says.
But I’ll tell you quickly
he didn’t kill.
Awkwardly, gently, the shoe
nudges the bee
out into clear space
between platform edge
and sliding door.
Editor's note: Carla has recently won the 2014 Earle Birney Poetry
Prize from Prism Magazine. Read her prize winning poem.
Next: "Above the River" by Steven Klepetar.
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