A marriage of fists and kites, 
the smile is hammered so painstakingly 
into the gut it forms a ring.
~ Trophies, by Robert Fernandez (from "We Are Pharaoh", 2011)

 It came anyway, that uprush   

of fear—because somewhere a child was dead:   

at a market, a subway, a school, in a lunatic’s bed.

~ Driving to Camp Lend-A-Hand, by Berwyn Moore (2005)