February 2024
Bio Note: Hello, my name is Steve. I am a career coach who helps people with disabilities choose, get, and keep meaningful employment. I have been married to the same lovely lady (Gina) since 1981. One of my guilty pleasures is to watch videos of the Three Stooges on YouTube. My poems have been published in Ekstasis Magzine, Poetica Review, and Calla Press.
The Sabbath Breaker
He seemed to do it
every week, every seventh day,
deliberate acts of kindness
for anyone who asked.
It was not as if
He never got tired,
needing a day to rest
from all His works.
Doing good on the Sabbath
brought accusations and condemnation
vitriol thrown in his face
by religious nitpickers who
cared more about a fallen donkey
than a child
with a withered hand.
Aroma
Tonight I celebrate
a melancholy end to
a season of simmer;
twelve months of boil
the broth of anticipation
bubbling, my desires waiting
in culinary angst,
my broken dreams like
red roma tomatoes
chopped, roasted soft
blended into oblivion, a
December soup swimming with
the breast of the common bird
shredded by disappointment
seasoned with sadness and
a dash
of yesterday’s tears.
©2024 Steve Bell
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