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it rattles my windows as it picks up speed
gusting between apartments
as a wind tunnel
if I was the praying type I’d pray for the death
of the damaged leader
for what he has done and hasn’t
I wish it like a gale force
throwing what isn’t tied down
it’s not how Mama taught me—
but if there was a god it might agree
as the wind rips through the courtyard
I can hear the powerline banging against a pipe
and in all the debris that settles
I just might
find forgiveness
Daniel Lance Patrick is a poet, songwriter and musician. His poems have appeared in The Sandy River Review, The Northern New England Review, NPR, The Buffalo News, among others. He won an Emmy for his work during the London Olympics.
