JOHN GREVLING lives near Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, and is a graduate of McGill University. That seems to be the kind of thing poets put in their bylines

Maker’s Mark

You came back to me last week

A recurring dream from childhood

Unbelieved, misunderstood

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It helps to talk about it though

She doesn’t understand

Thank God

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It’s easy with her

With you it was so difficult

Still, one thought haunts me

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Every man is born for some great work

I walked away from this masterpiece

Whatever it was supposed to be

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Even as the wet clay dropped

From my hands I could see

Every curve dancing in my mind

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I tried to take it up again but

It’s gone. There’s nothing left

Nothing but the impression of

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Something very beautiful

Something that would have

Made it all

Worthwhile