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Requiem for a Pool Man~ By Kirby Wright

9/4/2013

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I nod half-smiles
In waiting rooms,

Breathing the stink
Of latex gloves

And rubbing alcohol,
Waiting for nurses to call.

I was the changer of tides,
The boy throwing stones

Into the sea
To send surf raging

Toward distant shores.
Now I clean pools

In Trump Tower shadows,
Imagining a lost daughter

Spreading blankets
Over my grave.


Author Bio:
Kirby Wright was a Visiting Fellow at the 2009 International Writers Conference in Hong Kong, where he represented the Pacific Rim region of Hawaii and lectured in China with Pulitzer winner Gary Snyder. He was also a Visiting Writer at the 2010 Martha’s Vineyard Residency in Edgartown, Mass., and the 2011 Artist in Residence at Milkwood International, Czech Republic. He is the author of the companion novels PUNAHOU BLUES and MOLOKA’I NUI AHINA, both set in the islands. His futuristic novel will be released in 2013 in Dublin, Ireland.
1 Comment
Nikki Wilkinson
4/15/2015 11:24:00 pm

I'm thinking the is the Trump Towers in Waikiki? Powerful imagery here sets the table for the "lost daughter" by juxtaposing loss of youth by the Pool Man. Bravo!

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