Nocturnal
by Paul Bamberger

  1. mercy mercy
  2. she came running down the hill
  3. sweat on her brow
  4. she had never seen the likes
  5. not that they weren’t real enough
  6. more real than she could bear
  7. mercy mercy
  8. the dogs came running up the hill
  9. scavenging bones along the way
  10. this was what she had
  11. and a get-away-car
  12. mercy mercy
  13. tell her never never look them in the eye
  14. sundays she would all but forget
Packingtown Review – Vol.13, Spring 2020

Paul Bamberger holds an MFA Degree from UMass/Amherst, and has, until recent retirement, taught at Northern Essex Community College in Lawrence, Massachusetts. His most recent book of poetry is On The Badlands Of New Times (Deerbrook Editions Press, 2018).

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