Confession
I believe in the father-
less, the motherless, the sons
now raised by ghouls and ghosts—
less, the motherless, the sons
now raised by ghouls and ghosts—
the ones who shun cloaked ghosts
and rap about their father
issues—and the ones whose sons
and rap about their father
issues—and the ones whose sons
escape the jails and drugs, sons
who study—and write white ghosts
they know from present fathers . . .
who study—and write white ghosts
they know from present fathers . . .
shriving pew the Father's godson a bedsheet ghost
~
Colleen M. Farrelly is a mathematician and haibun poet who's been exploring the universe through mathematics and physics since childhood. She's an amalgam of mystic Jewish/Catholic traditions and mathematician-philosophers like Blaise Pascal, with a deep appreciation for meditation and what she learned about public health and spiritual health from South African village shamans in the mid-2000s.
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