Aphelion Issue 293, Volume 28
September 2023
 
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Everything is here

by Jean Jones


Realizations from a COVID-19 hospital bed

Everything is here-
All your lovers, your demons,
Heaven, hell are here-

Don't wait for heaven,
to live and be filled with joy,
It is all right here.

If this is heaven,
then what is hell? Hell is here,
too-It is all here.


© 2021 Jean Jones

Jean Jones has an MFA in Creative Writing Poetry from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He teaches English as a Second Language part-time at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, and is regularly published by Horror Zine and Aphelion Webzine.

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