GREY SPARROW’S NATIONAL TREASURE FOR JANUARY 31, 2023, ISSUE 41, IS INGEBORG BACHMANN.

Hurricane Katrina, space image courtesy of NASA
In the Storm of Roses
Wherever we turn in the storm of roses,
the night is lit up by thorns, and the thunder
of leaves, once so quiet within the bushes,
rumble at our heels.
-Ingeborg Bachmann