My grandfather was a god to me, bronzed / from secret Ashkenazi blood and tattooed / with the scars of a workingman’s life.
[Poem-a-Week] Elmer Almighty by Yvonne Zipter
[Poem-a-Week] Elmer Almighty by Yvonne Zipter
[Poem-a-Week] Elmer Almighty by Yvonne Zipter
My grandfather was a god to me, bronzed / from secret Ashkenazi blood and tattooed / with the scars of a workingman’s life.