The Arc
The Arc
By Kenneth Pobo
That the arc of history bends
toward justice—let that
saying enter the Hall
of Dead Canards.
Justice doesn’t bend
or move forward. It can appear
but disappear as easily, maybe
more quickly. History
is a heap of one injustice
upon another. Chaos
lunches with justice, but sticks
justice with the bill. The arc
of history has radiation poisoning.
No doctor can save it.
Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), and Lilac And Sawdust (Meadowlark Press) and Gold Bracelet in a Cave: Aunt Stokesia (Ethel Press). His work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, Asheville Literary Review, Nimrod, Mudfish, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.