enjoy this Christopher Hivner writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: The Silence Brushes
My Cheek Like Glass
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
Tremors
Christopher Hivner
The door closes
but the lock
doesn’t click.
The star explodes
into a ball of light
and we blink.
The wine has
turned to vinegar
in your glass.
Stories of glowing tributes
bore the gathered crowd
who want realism.
Clouds hold lightning,
starving animals
searching for meat.
I open the door
covered in blood,
and blinded by the flash.
People stare
but don’t try to stop me.
They don’t really care.
It can and will end,
maybe in a cloud
or conversing with the boatman.
Raise a glass and
toast the happy couple
using words you can’t pronounce.
