an
ember
floats by
on hot
summer
wings
a monarch
butterfly
on migration gently
settling on the dry
grass
a
malignant
red speck
spreading up
the mountain slope
like an Olympic
flame reaching
for
the gods
a tiny spark
that sets the sky
ablaze
“Ember” was printed in Tracks, No. 9 of Inwood Indiana. Pick up the paperback from Prolific Press; the stories and poems published online are free to read here.
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