He Answered Me

He answered me! My grain ran straight away
through me into my lower half; I felt
my hips receive his message and my back
relax into my seat as if a belt
were holding all this sifted sand aloft
inside my breast, inside my brain till this:
He answered me and turned me upside down
and left my top a vacant hourglass.
 
 
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About Marcy Jarvis

Marcy Jarvis is an American writer, originally from upstate New York, currently living in Europe. Her short stories, memoirs and poems have appeared in various publications both online and in print. She pioneered the New Formalist technique of wreathing, based on George Herbert's poem "A Wreath," as well as the sonnet variation known as the Vaughanet.