Grace

Grace is a funny gal –
she’s on everybody’s mind
but she won’t wear anybody’s ring.
She’s hard to see –
a leprechaun without a pipe
a unicorn without a horn
but when light opens
behind the eye and in the chest
you know she’s in the room.
Feel the brush of her dress?
Look up and almost see her head
spiral to another world.

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Amsterdam Quarterly, Mud Season Review, The Pettigru Review, Still: The Journal, The Coachella Review, and in Mike’s book, Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic, (Rabbit House Press, 2020), political poetry for a post-truth world. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, and can be found at mikewilsonwriter.com