By J.J. Tindall
Rainbow Over the Adler From an Omnibus
True story: atop
An omnibus
At the Museum
Campus, after a brief
Shower,
Grinding my teeth
With grief
All day, around and around
In the
Rain,
Grinding pain . . .
First, Burnham Harbor: a glimpse,
A
Glimmer. Sheen. Then,
Clenching my
Grief
I saw, complete,
A rainbow
Over the dome
Of the
Adler Planetarium.
We all
Saw it,
Momentarily
Transcending
Unbelief:
Exuberant
Relief
Complete: a sea, shards
Of rain, a little
Light.
Boom: in full
Arc, God’s
Shimmering,
Shattering
Grace.
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J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood’s poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.
Posted on September 24, 2007