in sickness and in more sickness - john grey

Accursed spine –

sickness begins and ends with you.

A body in a coffin in a body.

Alongside that predator, pain.

Sorry, says God.

There was no other way

to be born.

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly and Lost Pilots. Latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in California Quarterly, Birmingham Arts Journal, La Presa and Shot Glass Journal.