Fire Light

Fire burns my ceiling bright

Only time will extinguish its rectangle of light

Twitchy metal mouths above me fight

Twitchy metal mouths, dancing up on my ceiling at night

Shimmering shards of carbon noise

Tell of things to come, of things that might

Duplex

By K. Shawn Edgar

High window in the bathroom

I see a spider living there

Above our shower and tub

Its corner web framed by the windowsill

Each silky line, milky white, collecting sunbeams

And storing moisture from the shower head’s waterfall

In the bedroom, Sebastian...

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Null Endeavor

Trees cut black marks in the evening gray,

A web of bloodless veins drooping earthward,

Unable to touch the stars from which

They came.

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We speak of the past like it's not said and done, like it's considered a battle lost, instead of a battle won. Baby we been down that steep long trail, and if you keep judging me by my past of course I'll fail. Promise me you won't leave me, tell me you won't bail. If we are in this...

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               Bird Song

 By K. Shawn Edgar

Malcontent blackbird sings:

Fuck you then, Mr. Winter. I’m still alive!

Its thin black tower home,

Branches still shinning with frost,

Juts from early spring green

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