The Convert
October 15, 2010
by Eric Burke
In her new life, she was like a nation.
This was how she felt. She was beginning
to feel the responsibility of being many,
of having pasts
from which she could separate herself,
of having harmed many
but of being now innocent.
So, around her past, she stepped
carefully, with a hesitation
that felt like subtlety,
like nuance,
to her.
Eric Burke (blog) works as a computer programmer in Columbus, Ohio. Recent work can be found in elimae, Pank, A cappella Zoo, decomP and Bloody Bridge Review.
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So many ways to look at this amazing poem. Religious, political, cultural. It will be one to mull over for a long time. Beautifully done.
Simply very well done