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A Fragmentary Tragedy
“Although words, although language
Must be useless To the runner.”
-- Alicia Ostriker
He closes her eyes.
Lets his lips move.
Freely.
Over the reigns
of words.
Racing.
To build a world
so perfect
nothing could ever break it.
From the outside.
In Silence and Exile
I breathe ink.
Not air.
Not like you.
I prefer the thick black.
Suffocation
to any lips
daring to meet mine
in the sun.
In the moon.
Anywhere
even slightly on this side
of a glass jar.
Hand blown.
Just for you.
Just to keep you.
A perfect specimen.
Untouched.
And, therefore, illiterate.
A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida.
She has previously published her work in literary journals, in the U.K. as well as America,
such as Avon Literary Intelligencer, Eastern Rainbow, Medicinal Purposes Literary Review,
The Intercultural Writer's Review, Icon, Writer's Gazette, and The Penwood Review.
Email: A.J. Huffman
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