{"id":2583,"date":"2016-07-13T13:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T18:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2016-07-13T13:20:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T18:20:18","slug":"michael-berkowitz-for-a-medical-examiner-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2583","title":{"rendered":"Michael Berkowitz: “For a medical examiner in Orlando”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Berkowitz<\/h1>\n

For a medical examiner in Orlando<\/span><\/h2>\n

Worse than the sirens, worse
\nthan the phone calls from the office that come too early,
\ntoo often,<\/p>\n

at all,<\/p>\n

worse than the hangover pulsing
\nagainst my temples, the coffee,
\nworse even than the silence<\/p>\n

would be<\/p>\n

is this chorus
\nfrom pockets and purses and palms<\/p>\n

of vibration and ringtones and missed calls and<\/p>\n

on one upturned screen
\nbelow the blood and cracked
\nglass:<\/p>\n

we love you
\nplease
\ncome home.<\/p>\n

Michael Berkowitz<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>is a poet, aspiring trapeze artist, and web developer who lives in Watertown, MA in the real world, and on the internet at\u00a0http:\/\/www.songsaboutsnow.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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