Juanita Brunk’s first book of poetry, Brief Landing on the Earth’s Surface, was selected by Philip Levine for the Brittingham Prize and published by the University of Wisconsin Press. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Prodigal
Juanita Brunk
Suppose there were no fatted calf.
The timing is off: his father dead,
his mother too sick and old to celebrate.
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