Melissa Broder
A Beginning

I tried to be good for

God but that god was

Dead. Angels playing

Harps ringed by halos

Come from old paintings

And literary traditions

So there is room

To be an angel

In anger. I make literary

Traditions each day.

Shepherds faced affliction

On their feet and faces

And in their spirits sweet

And dark as we all face

Affliction in our spirits

Sweet and dark. I bet

They yelled at Yahweh

Sometimes. I think being

Angry at god is a sign of

A living bond. It means

You believe

 
Found In Volume 55, No. 02
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Melissa Broder
About the Author

Melissa Broder is the author of the novels Death Valley, Milk Fed, The Pisces, and the forthcoming Empty and Marvelous from Scribner; the essay collection So Sad Today; and five collections of poems including Superdoom: Selected Poems. Her books have been translated into twelve languages.