“Prayer For an Unremarkable Day” by Matthew Olzmann

A poem by alumnus Matthew Olzmann (poetry, ’09) appears at Mead Magazine:

I’d like a day where all the buildings remain intact.
Let the Hydra stay asleep beneath the surface.
Let the tornado be befuddled, yawn,
go back to bed. No floods. No lightning strikes.
No movie theaters where a man walks
in with a terrible idea hidden in his coat.
Forgive me, for I have longed

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