Approaching the Last Solstice we are all Joshuas knee-deep in the Jordan our feet stone still our words frozen trumpets about to crack the earth we make the sun stop simply by singing our song Katherine was laid to rest on her anniversary confirmation reformation desecration the bullet from her back tilts in the examiner’s hand the prayer for her murderer lights like a crow on the white stone tower when we love someone we bundle them in fabric then wood, then earth we hear their voices for a few days, a month then winter down for the long silence now we must wait we must kindle we must sink
Patrick Cabello Hansel is the author of the poetry collections The Devouring Land (Main Street Rag Publishing) and Quitting Time (Atmosphere Press). He has published work in over 80 journals, and won awards from the Loft Literary Center and MN State Arts Board. You can find him at www.artecabellohansel.com
Amethyst Review 
Love “we make the sun stop simply by singing our song”
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