Cracks
Written by Bill McCloud. Posted in Uncategorized.
Why would anyone want to
break their mommy’s back
Mom said as I walked
with her being careful
to avoid all the cracks
on a lovely April morning
But that was back
long before
Oswald and
Vietnam and
Chernobyl
and Flight 93
When we were enjoying
the beauty of the
sunlight
on a beautiful world
and I
was fiercely determined
to never step on a crack
Bill McCloud
Bill McCloud's poetry book, The Smell of the Light: Vietnam, 1968-1969 (Balkan Press) reached #1 on the Oklahoma Bestsellers list (The Oklahoman). His recent poems have appeared in Oklahoma Today and Oklahoma English Journal. Among fans of his poetry are songwriters Graham Nash and Jimmy Webb.
