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    Fall '23

    LUCAS FERNANDES

    They disappear —
    waxweeds wane,
    yarrows in the eyes
    again, and rhododendrons
    playing fugues
    sing mist recoiling,
    round and dense
    as a prayer.

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    Stars have ignited for far less
    than this — my hunger — 
    remembering you.

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    Do birds feed in the air?

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    On plaintive thistles,
    the dark moves
    slowly, turning out
    silhouettes for shadows.

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    In the attic, a finch
    makes a sound
    that no one hears,
    silences melting, silence
    in the bones that tilts
    sideways and curious.

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    You disappear —
    hunger glides, and on the tulips
    a hairpin trigger.

     

     

     

     

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    Lucas L. Fernandes holds degrees in both English and Philosophy from Salem State University. He is the founder and editor of Enstance, an online journal for emerging artists and poets. When he isn't writing poetry he is obsessing over poetry. Currently, he is seeking out MFA programs in Creative Writing. This is his first publication.

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