Issue
#7 

January
2010


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a poem by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

WORDS FALL DEAD

When I hear you speak
your words fall dead in
the air. The sky fills
with blood. I can hear
your insect heart fade.
The wings that once kept
you up and about
fall to the ground.

© by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

 
Gutter Eloquence Magazine ~ Issue #7 ~ January 2010