Christina Wos' Donnelly
COVETING THE ENDS OF BREAD
The heel, the curve
that called to the palm
of the hand,
the delicacy denied me
as a child.
My mother’s charm against
the next invader:
her cache of hard, dried crusts
a feeble defense against
mobilizing armies
and Khrushchev’s shoe
drumming the march.
Location: Buffalo, New York Email: cidonnelly@hotmail.com Publications: Word Wrights, Artvoice, Rogue Scholars, Stirring V3:E2
