Her pillow is
ringing bells.
She can't sleep.
Several cathedrals
pound in her ears.
It must mean
something,
a new beginning,
a truth that breaks
out, sets a fire.
Kenneth Pobo is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), and Uneven Steven (Assure Press). His work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, Nimrod, Mudfish, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.
