Sigmund, Surprised by Joy
Sigmund,
A thoughtful child,
Transcribes his dreams
On his bedroom wall
Using a yellow crayon.
When he plays
With his die-cast cars
Pushing them across the rug
He can’t help but hear
The music of the spheres.
Sigmund asks his mother:
“Can we stay up late tonight
And watch the stars come out?”
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Ron Kolm is a contributing editor of
Sensitive Skin magazine and the author of several books including
Swimming in the Shallow End (2020),
A Change in the Weather (2017), and
Night Shift (2016). His writings also appear in
And Then,
Feuerstuhl,
Local Knowledge,
The Opiate, and
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder’s Mouth Press). A collection of his papers (some 35 cartons of correspondence, notebooks, objects, chapbooks, signed first editions and runs of literary magazines) was purchased by New York University and is now part of the Fales Library’s permanent archives.
