Prayer
Rent from DeepDyve- Prayer
Inverted-fishing into the heavens
some days I catch myself praying for belief.
Equal parts speaker and prayer, I offer old words up to the popcorn coating the ceiling, to Whoever knows this language, too—
hook, line, sinker,
water into brine, barnacle hymn,
metaphor rusting on a page. [End Page 44]
Bryce Emley
Bryce Emley’s poems, essays, and stories can be found on Salon.com and in Cortland Review, Your Impossible Voice, Rock & Sling, Ruminate, and elsewhere. He writes regularly for Matador Network and his blog advert ventures and is an mfa candidate at NC State.
