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Absolutely Revolting
Poetry

What Comes Next

'What Comes Next' by Joan Grant

by Joan Grant •
June 2008, no. 302

It’s not cynical to be wary
Of what comes next.
It’s life’s lesson
Engorged by the media
That small treasures – a leaf, a love –
Are flamed by match or missile,
Destined to be memories.
What’s age if not the smash and patter
Of things falling in the head?

 


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