{"id":9862,"date":"2009-06-03T15:01:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T10:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/heron\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T10:20:25","slug":"heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/editorials\/heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Stuart Ross
\n
\n“Just give me one more day,”
\nhe says. “I will eat a tiny piece of bread”
\nmaybe stare out the window.
\nYeah, I will lie in this unmade bed,
\nhis one more day. It\u2019s not
\nlike I have big plans.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ll rub my chin, won\u2019t shave.
\nLook how thin my fingers
\nhave become. Just one more day
\nto think of her, the way
\nshe turned to look at that heron
\nswooping over the water.
\nAnd then cram me into the earth.<\/p>\n

“The way she turned
\nand what she wore,
\nand the thing she said. I don\u2019t
\nremember the thing she said.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is Thursday.
\nHe gazes at the ceiling,
\nfeels the mattress against
\nhis limbs. This is what it is like
\nto feel the mattress against his limbs.<\/p>\n

He sees the crack in the ceiling
\nhe\u2019d meant to caulk. He sees
\na crow fly by his window,
\nhears a car horn below.
\n\u201cJust Friday,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

=<\/p>\n

\n

=<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nPublished in Arc<\/em> 62: Summer 2009<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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