snow on easter sunday and
bitter laughter at this idea of resurrecting overdoses
didn’t the farce of christ teach us anything?
the living on one side,
the dead on another, and nothing but a
scorched and barren wasteland in between
nothing but praise for the martyrs
whose work amounted to nothing in the end
we build our houses from their bones and
wait patiently to be devoured
John Sweet sends greetings from the rural wastelands of upstate NY. He is a firm believer in writing as catharsis, and in compassionate nihilism. His poetry collections include A FLAG ON FIRE IS A SONG OF HOPE (2019 Scars Publications) and A DEAD MAN, EITHER WAY (2020 Kung Fu Treachery Press).