What Rough Beast | Poem for July 7, 2019

Chad Parenteau
Nick Sandmann Jesus Tanka

Nick Sandmann Jesus
smiles, not showing either cheek.
His only cross is
his two-planed eyes and smile
never moving either.

Chad Parenteau is the author of Patron Emeritus (FootHills Publishing, 2013). His work has appeared in Tell-Tale InklingsQueen Mob’s Tea HouseThe Skinny Poetry JournalIbbetson Street, and Wilderness House Literary Review. He serves as associate editor of the online journal Oddball Magazine. His second full-length collection, The Collapsed Bookshelf, is forthcoming.

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