history
the notes for my summer course cover the small table,
telling me that in the 1800’s,
irish women were regarded as an inferior race of females.
I read more,
my nana’s irish blood coursing through my veins,
the notes reporting that men would feel no qualms
raping these women.
I cannot help but stare in disgust at the paper.
from the neighboring building,
the irish catholic church,
bells begin to ring the morning prayer.
once more the blood pumps through my body,
my lips moving imperceptibly to the hail mary,
the library’s hush ringing like church bells in my mind.
~ Jennifer LeBlanc
Jennifer LeBlanc is an English major at Regis College, concentrating in secondary education. She is the poetry editor of Hemetera, Regis College’s literary journal. She is also the editor of The Cherry Blossom Review. Native to Massachusetts, Ms. LeBlanc’s main passion is literature and poetry.
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