Jimmy Burns
RELEASED:
to a stainless steel wheelchair:
Lettting go
of pangs
and affiliations;
movement becomes mental
as consciousness steams
into education of yourself,
more of yourself than possible;
words,both spoken and written,
longing to cascade
down remote avenues.
* * *
GRANDMA'S LINCOLN
Teenager borrows
Grandma's Lincoln.
Makes sure blue placard
hangs from rear view mirror.
Cruise to the mall,
park near the font door
as the disabled
wander in circles.
* * *
OTHER BLOC
Wake with shakes
dysfunctional arm
involuntary tremors
spastic compliance from limp insincerity
vibrations
leap
to normal hand
short bursts interrupt
art.
Black scribbles
restless ink
incoherence
drips,
Jimmy Burns writes his poetry with his right arm from his wheelchair at his rural
home at the edge the urban chaos of Houston. Burns survived a stroke at age 49 in 2005 and retired
from teaching English. Burns had published many poems before stroke and more
afterwards. Recent poetry in Backstreet, Clark Street Review, Edgz, Left
Behind, Nomad's Choir, Pegasus. Saturday Diner, Sol, Wordgathering and Writer's
Block . |