Masquerade
How many viruses sour your verses
secret vowels, corrupted vials
spent coding
firewall
breached
This is not the God you promised
nor the war I begged
but all in all
Lordamercy
it’s still a beautiful
age
to be alive
Of Frequencies Resplendent
two hands are electric
don’t forget the fragments
clutch every side glance
like a spear to the chest
and welcome the sting
of autumn’s enchantment
you caught the storm
with the skin of your teeth
teasing out another step
in the dance’s rising tempo
one voice is magnetic
while accompaniment adds an echo
Apples & Owls at Midnight (Space Wave Version)
There’s only one moon for you / sugar /
but I
& we
want our share
of the
cheddar
deep / space /
pocket blues
I’ll sing a symphony for you
if the
accompanying pieces
are set up around me
Surround
the next orbit
with silence
& leave me
looking stupid
w/a wounded ego
where the air is thin
I’ll tear the whole fucking sky down
for you
my darling baby
they sure don’t
build walls
like they
used to
you’ve run through
every shot
of tang
& the orange’s
lament
groans sour in echo
Scott
Thomas Outlar lives and writes in the suburbs outside of Atlanta, Georgia. His
work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He
guest-edited the 2019 and 2020 Western Voices editions of Setu Mag. Selections
of his poetry have been translated into Afrikaans, Albanian, Bengali, Dutch,
French, Italian, Kurdish, Malayalam, Persian, Serbian, and Spanish. His sixth
book, Of Sand and Sugar, was released in 2019. His podcast, Songs of Selah,
airs weekly on 17Numa Radio and features interviews with contemporary poets,
artists, musicians, and health advocates. More about Outlar's work can be found
at 17Numa.com.
Scott
Thomas Outlar
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