Verdad Magazine Volume 31
Fall 2021, Volume 31
Poetry by J.M. Hall
Expectancy
You are a delicacy
like and unlike
the chant—to be,
that sings this world,
of which you are the first
bracelet, and (for some
of us) the last perfect
rye. Like the pink that
grows sideways, against
the blue, at dusk, above
the hemlocks. Unlike these
or other syllables, artifacts
for a mason jar, or home
video library. Du scheinst
unchoosably to those
who breathe near you,
who write checks and ask
polite questions. You are
the best question so far,
and we are no answer.
BIO: J.M. Hall is the director of the liberal studies program at William Paterson University.