The shadows split,
like her gown,
in the darkness
surrounding her tomb.
Where she walks
on iron circles.
Waiting
for his eyes
to break her
like stone.
“On the Road of Black Thread” was printed in Derailed, No. 3 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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