ROOM:2.25
The Ever-Restless Voice
by Mary Buchinger
The home of night
fills with moving figures
fences come down
and brothers sit
with one another
fast food is the best
we can do for now
I know what I want
cannot be satisfied
still I make my order
and wait at the counter
the table’s being held
it will be heaven
all of us together
Bibliography and External Links
- Mary Buchinger, whose recent books include Navigating the Reach (Salmon Poetry, Honors, 2024 Massachusetts Book Award), and The Book of Shores (2024) and Virology (2022), both from Lily Poetry Review Books, is the winner of the 2024 Elyse Wolf/Slate Roof Chapbook Prize. She volunteered for Peace Corps in Ecuador, served on the New England Poetry Club board for many years, and teaches at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston. Her poetry appears in AGNI, Plume, Salamander, Salt Hill, Seneca Review, and elsewhere.
- Email: mbuchingerbodwell@gmail.com
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