Mac Oliver--Consolacão

Mac OLIVER earned his degree from Tulane in 1994. Currently he studies poetry in the Doctoral program at the University of Minnesota. He has written reviews for Metre and Thumbscrew. His first book of poems, Ham & Mercury is being printed privately.

Consolação

Buried in her hands, her covered head
Below her shoulders, sags of despair,
Her robe is flowing like her hair,
Niobe's toes beyond the hem. No spit
Of vagrants or spray cans can
Befoul the palms of your hands,
That hold your tearful face.

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