Impatient by Patrick G. Metoyer

Annunciation in the San Marco Convent (detail), by Fra Angelico, 1437-1446.

impatient

not yet exposed
to proverbs

not yet imbued with
political correctness

not yet tainted
by global warming

           not yet

emergency physician
responds to infant's
impatience

pushes him back
from the birth canal
three weeks before

Christmas

his time has
    not yet
come

not yet

Emmanuel

not yet


Patrick G. Metoyer

The young wife of a young Iraq War veteran had this unexpected experience – which must have been emotionally on par with her husband's combat situation. The assertive medical response prevented a premature delivery and inspired the Yuletide poem “impatient.”

When he is not engaged in visual arts, Colorado resident Patrick G. Metoyer may spin a yarn or two with his pen. He enjoys reciting and performing his creative writings. His poetry and prose in the past few years have been featured in Grand Valley Magazine. Recent submissions are forthcoming at gnarledoak.org and deadmule.com.