James Dewey is from Boise, Idaho, and lives in Bogotá, Colombia. His poetry has appeared in Irreantum, Inscape, Perspectives, and Reformed Journal.
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A poem.
Illustration by Alex William
“Can a woman forget her sucking child ... ?” —Isaiah 49:15
Mary eyed her little survivor tightly
as he nursed and teethed, then crawl-step-jumping
taught Egyptian games to Nazareth boys
Joseph noticed his ears
how they filled like cups
how they thrilled at the sounds of the synagogue
sifting words that fell from dry scrolls
drifting
temple doctors muttered
shaking their heads
he speaks like a man
astonishing man!
mobs flocked to crossroads, pushing
their children forward, pleading: