Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

When I hear my uncle's voice on the telephone

"My uncle's voice is a sheet of glass..."

My uncle's voice is
a sheet of glass.
He means to renovate
my soul. When
he speaks I drift away.
He believes
in gardening at night.
He's always lived
in the city. His beautiful wife died of breast cancer.
I couldn't cope
when I heard the news.
So I wrote this poem
instead. They had three sons.
Too successful.






Article © Abigail George. All rights reserved.
Published in the November 28, 2016 issue .
Image(s) © Sand Pilarski. All rights reserved.
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