Secret Incantations
Of all the pagan rituals
none can surpass
the brevity
of the Mud doctor.
With water and earth
he performs the rites
and from his mixture
life buds.
Gerry Fabian
R. Gerry Fabian is a retired English instructor. As a poet and novelist, he has been publishing his writing since 1972 in various literary magazines. His web page is https://rgerryfabian.wordpress.com