Angel Dream
Glaser, Michael S.
Poem Angel Dream In my dreams, angels are wrestling with me, trying to tell me something I must not want to hear because they seem to be getting nowhere. I see myself arguing...
...Michael S. Glaser Michael S. Glaser teaches at St...
...Don't go there," a voice booms...
...I see myself arguing eloquently though I do not know what I am saying, and from the distance, as I watch in my dream, we seem to be dancing, but suddenly the camera zooms in and from behind me a large staff, hard as rock, whacks against the back of my right calf and breaks my leg...
...You are as stubborn as salt rising to the crust of the earth" and then, as if for good measure, the staff comes round again and breaks my other leg...
...It does not look back...
...His most recent collection of poems is "Being a Father...
...I see a body belonging to the voice, moving as if in shadow, walking into the distance, into the dark...
...Mary's College of Maryland, where he directs the VOICES reading series and the literary festival...
...Don't even think about it," the voice says...
...He is the Poet Laureate of Maryland...
Vol. 69 • August 2005 • No. 8
