Showing posts with label Robert Stone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Stone. Show all posts

April 4, 2011

Prayer

Prayer.
No. You did not pray for things.

Prayers,
like Franklin's key on a kite,
attracted the lightning,
burned at your mind and soul.

— Robert Stone, "Bay of Souls"

January 3, 2009

Mad

Crouching
like an assassin,
she delivered
calculated,
scalding,
phosphorescent
anger.
-- Robert Stone, "Bay of Souls"