Squished: A Decidedly Irreverent Poem

by

John J. Dunphy

God held me,

safe and secure,

in the palm of his hand.

Then,

for reasons I will never understand,

God suddenly made a fist.

John J. Dunphy’s poetry collections include Stellar Possibilities, Zen KoanHead, pagan rites, Old Soldiers Fading Away, Dark Nebulae, Bullet Cluster and Touching Each Tree.