Saltwater jerks & spits beneath all keels. Unwilling beast to carry ambitions across the world.
Carrier sleeps, dreams terror, storms, red sun failing in the dim west.
Weigh the currents curses for names, broken & unknown, an egress to legal fictions:
borders, love, & dregs of worldly goods. Waves, somewhere, lying calm, munch down the moon.
Mark Burgh lives and teaches in Fort Smith, AR. hold a BA in History from the University of Delaware, an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in English from the University of Arkansas. His work has appeared in numerous journals and won many awards.
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