My poem “A Straight Line Runs Through It All” on Examining the Odd, from my upcoming collection, We Are the Underground.

Examining the Odd

A Straight Line Runs Through It All

by Israfel Sivad

When first I looked upon the morning in its light,
I noticed the sky lit bright with your solar flare –
All that remains of the passion you sacrificed.

When, at a later date, I once more looked again,
you transformed, transmogrified into the demon
waiting patiently in my corner as I slept
alone awakenin...