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Holy Water Blue
bless me father for i have---
(please get your hand off my knee---)
sinned, it has been---(why are you rubbing against my rosary when it's
tightly secured within my closed palm---i am confused)
two weeks since my last---
(please stay on your side of the box, Father,)
confession
(i will do any penance you request
---but not that---
excuse me---sign of the cross, genuflect---)
(hurried breaths)
i lied, i disobeyed my mother and---
(uncomfortable act of contrition---)
i need to go...my father---the other kind---
is waiting out in the car
(it's raining in here and my pants are the wrong kind of warm)
Jacob Erin-Cilberto, originally from Bronx, NY, now resides in Carbondale, Illinois. erin-cilberto has been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. He currently teaches at John A. Logan and Shawnee Community colleges in Southern Illinois.
His work has appeared in numerous small magazines and journals including: Café Review, Skyline Magazine, Hudson View, Wind Journal, Pegasus, Parnassus and others. erin-cilberto also writes reviews of poetry books for Chiron Review, Skyline Review and others. He has reviewed books by B.Z Niditch, musician Tom Maclear and others. His 11th and newest book of poetry, An Abstract Waltz, is now available through Water Forest Press, Stormville, NY. erin-cilberto has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry in 2006-2008 and again in 2010. He also teaches poetry workshops for Heartland Writers Guild, Southern Illinois Writers Guild and Union County Writers Guild.
Email: Jacob Erin-Cilberto
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