Forgive me, Father, for I have taken your name in vain.
Forgive me, Father, for I have borne false witness.
Forgive me, Father, for I covet.
Forgive me, Father, for I have been coveted.
Forgive me, Father, for I have coveted my neighbour’s house.
Forgive me, Father, for I have coveted my neighbour …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
J.D. Harlock is a Lebanese American writer and editor. They work at Solarpunk Magazine as a poetry editor and at Android Press as an editor. Their writing has been featured in Strange Horizons, New York University’s Library of Arabic Literature, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Association blog.