TWO POEMS ABOUT GOD

 

TWO POEMS ABOUT GOD

When I came back from war

I took an acting class

in the evening

at the local college

the teacher said to me,

Come out in the hall with me, Jim,

I want to show you

how to walk into a room

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Years later, decades,

after I went blind

and paralyzed

on the right side

I used to see a man

about my dreams

for two years

I did this once a week

The day I told him

this would be my last visit

he said to me,

Jim, you’re only

interested

in writing the poem

Jim Bodeen

12 June 2024