Bloom

/ Cam M. Roberts 

Embrace the objections of rain

and feel the walls sweat as they sleep,

the boiler room is burgeoning.
It’s April 2023, the cruelest month  

where the ward is bald and bleached  

as the residents thrash and scream  

and in the lulls the flowers bleed  

with clung jaws and torn veins dripping.
They put wild minds in storage and rest knowing  

those convalescing will not be seen.

 

© CMR, 2023