M. Shayne Bell
Blood Moon and Total Eclipse
15 April 2014

Expected, yes–but to see it:
to see it blood–red,
then unlit:
the bright
Moon
black–

I gaped; I held onto a branch
of the willow tree,
and I heard
a voice
like
the

thrumming sound of machines–a voice
speaking, low, of winds
in the night,
earthquake,
and
war.