Hibakusha
by Jared Carter
Please stay awhile; the evening light
still troubles me.
Before it changes into night
I seem to see
That street again. Something reveals
itself, and cuts
Across the years, breaking the seal
on what I’ve shut
Away – that moment when they all
burst into flame
And blew on through the paper walls,
calling my name.
Bio: Jared Carter's most recent book is Darkened Rooms of Summer: New and Selected Poems (University of Nebraska Press). He lives in Indianapolis.
by Jared Carter
Please stay awhile; the evening light
still troubles me.
Before it changes into night
I seem to see
That street again. Something reveals
itself, and cuts
Across the years, breaking the seal
on what I’ve shut
Away – that moment when they all
burst into flame
And blew on through the paper walls,
calling my name.
Bio: Jared Carter's most recent book is Darkened Rooms of Summer: New and Selected Poems (University of Nebraska Press). He lives in Indianapolis.