Friday, June 25, 2021

New Poetry by Paul Ilechko










Whirl of Morning

The girls are demanding donuts
their hunger overwhelming     school
about to start     go   they say

and so     she takes the car and drives
rushing back to where she aimed
to meet them     the school bus passing

empty     no girls     back home she finds them
dancing in the whirl of morning
lost inside their mystical inventions

their faces never more alive than when
they see their own reflections
in the darkened pupils of each other

their lives a set of lines     intersecting
with each other’s     and with hers     
sharp edges and diagonals     across the page.


- © Paul Ilechko 2021


Poet and songwriter Paul Ilechko is the author of three chapbooks, most recently “Pain Sections” (Alien Buddha Press). His work has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Night Heron Barks, Rogue Agent, Ethel, San Pedro River Review, Lullwater Review, and Book of Matches. He lives with his partner in Lambertville, NJ.

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