William Cullen Jr has had his poems published in a number of journals over the years includingAsahi/International Herald Tribune, Boston Literary Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Farming Magazine, Grey Sparrow Journal, Home Planet News, Mainichi Daily News, Modern Haiku, and Plainsong. Bill works at a nonprofit in Brooklyn NY. He’s married and has 2 college-aged sons. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for a poem that appeared inMagnapoets in 2010.
Going to Work When I’m Sick
By William Cullen Jr
By William Cullen Jr
There are people who walk over me;
I am a keystone in a bridge
I never aspired to
when writing in 3rd grade
what I wanted to do
when I grew up.
Now that I’m older
and grown up
(at least physically)
I want to wander away
like a ghost among the living
but I believe in God
and take an aspirin
and say a prayer
and look at the river
below me
reflecting love
in the noon light
A wonderful poem! Truly sensitive with a powerful depth. I’m thinking you can feel it, Annmarie. I surely can.