Philip Good

HISTORIC

To see the trembling inside
the Great Stone Barn
is not normal

the new normal
the not never normal
there is no normal
who’s normal now

no more not normal
stop the normal
be normal
inside the
Great Stone Barn

Let it move you
to be normal
to be above normal
to stop the not normal

It’s the largest stone barn
it’s not normal
to tremble in the ruins
of the Great Stone Barn

Please don’t stop trembling
inside the largest stone barn
But if you feel you must
just put your hand on your hip.

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Philip Good works and lives at The Poetry State Forest. His poems can be found in various literary magazines including Poetry and Hurricane Review published by Pensacola State College. He Is the author of Untitled Writings From A Member Of The Blank Generation (Trembling Pillow Press).