By Brian Anthony Hardie

Stuck painfully to my side a film projects
Askeleton dancingtomy defectedbridal fantasy. Stairwells bring down
A polite remark,tense with trembles tempting the satin,
Expecting the least from what is to become.
Theseguests- molding together a somber prediction-
Place moist palms onto a book that defines
A muttering God? This verbal disturbance shreds blank, longing notes that
Confess murder and marvel. Red velvet contradicts the canvass
Andstaresdownan emptyditch. Graves honoring
My selected victims of force that tieglee down.
Complaints from blisters winning authoritystrive tocaress
A patient registered with alert in police mind states.
Domestic disturbance fails toawaken the obvious.
Red hair pulled from the scalp of a slouched, bitter
Angel. Starving sandlesson a beachamidst demons of
Imagery forests.

Brian Anthony Hardie, a native of Portland, Oregon, has been published in numerous small press journals and e-zines, including The Pebble Lake Review (Houston, TX), Conceit Magazine (San Fransisco), Hudson View (NYC/South Africa), Ditchpoetry.com (Canada) and SALiT Magazine (International), among others. He will appear as a guest speaker and writer at Mount Hood Community College this spring.

Contact: Brian Hardie * Email: rose_angeles@hotmail.com

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