The Dispassionate Punishment
The Virgin wears a flattering low-necked form-fitting neon red garment that clings tightly and flatters her very bounteous natural gifts. Her halo rests firmly in place, as the painting on the wall, its love triangle’s participants closing their eyes in passion’s embrace, are unable to see her hand raised to chastise her godly charge, prone in her lap, flailing somewhat, awaiting the blow. She hides half in shadow, staring off in thoughts entirely unrelated to the important task at hand. Everyone acknowledges the blessings of the feted miracle birth, but none dare appreciate the politic discipline necessary in carefully raising another’s child. Gary Glauber Gary Glauber is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. His works have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. He champions the underdog to the melodic rhythms of obscure power pop. His two collections, Small Consolations (Aldrich Press) and Worth the Candle (Five Oaks Press) and a chapbook Memory Marries Desire (Finishing Line Press) are available through Amazon. This poem was first published in Heavy Feather Review.
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April 2025
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