tony howarth
Tony Howarth is a
playwright, former journalist and retired teacher, now living in Patterson,
New York.
shrouded in linens on a guerney
amid bulking equipment and
crowded backsides
her eyes
hair like grey wheat
tossed in a windstorm
we’re cousins, tell them
her eyes
vibrate in their hollows
bend me down close
please, for God’s sake
her eyes
get me out of here
never stop lashing me