“Concerned” © Edward Michael Supranowicz
Remember
My old friend stumbles on a word
A thought, a memory
Then grins, shakes his head
Smiles it off as a lapse.
His mother forgot him entirely,
Though maybe a glimmer once in a while,
She sits in a room, emaciated
Forgetting to eat. Forced to drink.
He has her genes.
All the wrong ones
The ones that make things disappear
She lived to see grandkids
She knew the older ones names
The younger ones are a lovely mystery
Whom she acknowledges only with blank stares.
Morgan Bazilian is a fairly well-published poet, and a professor of thermal physics.
Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, The Door Is A Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Edward is also a published poet who has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times.