{"id":14544,"date":"2022-12-12T00:59:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T22:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=14544"},"modified":"2022-12-17T01:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T23:01:14","slug":"poems-by-a-j-huffman-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=14544","title":{"rendered":"poems by A.J. Huffman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blood on the Moon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lightning erupts, whitewashing midnight<\/p>\n

sky.\u00a0 Blinded, the clouds retreat to re-gather<\/p>\n

their nighted senses.\u00a0 In that moment, a world<\/p>\n

is born.\u00a0 Celestial bodies caught in spotlight\u2019s<\/p>\n

beam mutate into conglomerations of each other.<\/p>\n

White dwarf weighs in as initial counter-<\/p>\n

balance to wormhole.\u00a0 Waves of absence stream<\/p>\n

as residual traces of black hole.\u00a0 Sun<\/p>\n

hits hard, a burst of yellow, before fading back<\/p>\n

into the shadows of a moon dripping with electric<\/p>\n

particles, a crimson covering, a refraction of Mars.<\/p>\n

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I Dream in Shadows<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

that threaten to suffocate my mind<\/p>\n

as I stumble along pathways,<\/p>\n

dripping the clinging gray of regrettable<\/p>\n

blindness, thankful<\/p>\n

for vacillating weight<\/p>\n

and consumptive lack of vision.<\/p>\n

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Leaves Like Gold Glitter<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

cover this forested floor.<\/p>\n

For a moment, I am Dorothy<\/p>\n

flying with fictional monkeys.<\/p>\n

My footsteps shimmer.\u00a0 A strange<\/p>\n

song about bleeding and home<\/p>\n

lands on my shoulders\u2014<\/p>\n

a memory of another<\/p>\n

lifetime.\u00a0 Too heavy,<\/p>\n

my buttresses buckle, become liquid.<\/p>\n

I believe I am melting<\/p>\n

as hope crumbles beneath me.<\/p>\n

Wild has always been my namesake,<\/p>\n

home, nothing more than a dream.<\/p>\n

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The Sky is a Snail<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 after Perpetual Revival\u00a0 <\/em>by Vladamir Kush<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Without a shell, I wander,<\/p>\n

stepping on pebbles that feel like mountains.<\/p>\n

They pierce my fragile skin.<\/p>\n

I am unprepared for this life.\u00a0 Two<\/p>\n

tears escape from tiny eyes, all that was needed<\/p>\n

to dissolve my will.\u00a0 Happily,<\/p>\n

I wither away in the wind.<\/p>\n

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