3am
a discomfiting darkness
within
~
last call . . .
you can tell yourself
they’re only shadows
~
communal laundry
the quiet neighbor’s basket
of blood-soaked rags
~
suburbia
a scorned woman
muttering incantations
~
housewarming . . .
a freshly bleached skull
on the widower’s table
Kelly Sauvage Moyer is an award-winning poet, photographer, and fiber artist who pursues her muse through the cobbled streets of New Orleans’s French Quarter as well as the mountains of western North Carolina. She is the author of four books, including Hushpuppy, a collection of short-form poetry, and Mother Pomegranate and Other Fairytales for Grown-Ups, both released by Nun Prophet Press. She is the editor of Failed Haiku.
