WAVES OF CHILDREN<br><br>Through the two mouths of the house <br> the wind blew in, blew out. <br><br>One by one with our two names we came:<br><br> Maureen Harriet<br> Barbara Marie<br> Paul Thaddeus<br>
James Henry<br> Margaret Mary<br> Michael Kenneth<br> Thomas Joseph<br> Theresa Jean<br> & me<br><br> <br>Which birth marked the turn <br>from <i>few</i> to <i>many</i>? Whose <br>
departing left none?<br><br>Now from hospitals<br>two by two<br>we bring you, Mother.<br><br>Still,<br>through these doors,<br>waves of children.<br>This wind.<br><br><br><b>Jack Lynch</b> received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the New School, and is a graduate of Hunter College’s MFA Creative Writing Program. His work has appeared in <i>Ology, POZ Magazine, The Paterson Literary Review, The Bellevue Literary Review</i>, and <i>Diva Complex: 65 Gay Men on the Women Who Inspire Them</i>, edited by Michael Montlack and published by University of Wisconsin Press.<br>
<br><br>--<br>RealPoetik<br><a href="http://realpoetik.blogspot.com">realpoetik.blogspot.com</a><br>