The Confederate Widow's Lament

by David Galef

 

How I wish that
Someone would
Come a-knocking,
Pure and good.
Safe as houses,
Soft as breath,
Here comes someone:
Mister Death.

 

© 2005 David Galef

David Galef has published over seventy poems in magazine ranging from Shenandoah and Witness to The Laurel Review and Light, and his poetry collection, Flaws, is forthcoming from WordTech Press. David has published nine books, the latest of which is the short-story collection - Laugh Track. He's a professor of English and the administrator of the M.F.A. program in creative writing at the University of Mississippi.