In St Bartholomew Cemetery
the carved eyes
of an old roué
gouged and scarred
by weather
stare across
at the chipped
marble face
of an angel
with broken wings
how it was in life
so it is in death
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published in Midwest Quarterly, Poetry East and Columbia Review with work upcoming in South Florida Poetry Journal, Hawaii Review and Roanoke Review.