READ A POEM
by Daniel Gallik
Managing
Forage. That’s what the naturalist
usually says, but Melody
had another idea. She was telling me
to gaze, and maybe I would see
something good to think about
and possibly take into my life.
I noticed that I seemed
to listen to her. But I also
noticed that I did not do what
she told me to do. Then,
I thought I was only lazy
in this senior aged world I was put
in, that I had given up my ambitions,
that I should lay dormant
in my bed until a new life came.
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“Managing” by Daniel Gallik. © Daniel Gallik, 2017. Used by permission of the author.
ABOUT TODAY’S POET
Daniel Gallik has had poetry and stories published by Hawaii Review, Parabola, Nimrod, Limestone, The Hiram Poetry Review, Aura and Whiskey Island and in hundreds of online journals. His novel, A Story of Dumb Fate, is available at Amazon.com. Gallik is a person with a brain injury that happened 21 years ago. His disabilities concern forgetfulness, an inability to learn names, walking with a limp and an inability to learn and retain difficult knowledge. His wife took notes on his recovery, and the book with his reactions to his loss is titled Head Case. Gallik is currently working on a novel titled Little Queries, concerning the sad/happy life of a bachelor.
WRITE A POEM
Recall a scene of bullying from sometime in your life, from childhood till now. Describe it in specific details and try to realize something about it now that you did not understand before.