Two Poems by Michael Estabrook

Apr 20th, 2015 | By | Category: Poetry

Jesus

Reaching out from under
my brother’s bed grabbing
his leg and screaming
as he and cousin Kathy
sat there whispering
like innocent babes
about Jesus
the Holy Ghost
and Sweet Blessed Holy Mother Mary

 
Temptation

Whenever he finds a spider
in the house he leaves it alone
life is tough enough
he reasons even for spiders.
But sometimes one will show up
in the bedroom
around bedtime
and his wife notices and says
“either that spider goes or I do”
So of course he captures it
releases it outside
where it belongs anyway
but honestly at times
he’s tempted to leave
the damn thing
right where she found it.

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Defenestration-Michael EstabrookMichael Estabrook is a recently retired baby boomer child-of-the-sixties poet freed finally after working 40 years for “The Man” and sometimes “The Woman.” No more useless meetings under florescent lights in stuffy windowless rooms. Now he’s able to devote serious time to making better poems when he’s not, of course, trying to satisfy his wife’s legendary Honey-Do List.

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