In Nod: Awan’s Etheree

By Alexis V. Jackson

Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.
—Genesis 4:15

Call
my name
in shadow
where your hands help
rock moan into place—
steady, supple, studied.
We salient subjects lie
here, hidden, off field and trial and
guard. My beloved Cain, our darkness
acrimonious, so too our vengeance.

Source: Poetry (December 2021)