LOUIS FABER

Elapsed Time

Time measured out
in a slow twisting
of a fork, pitched
into day’s heart
bleeding heat
as pulses fade.
Tequila breeze
blows across
the verandah
palms rustling
to rhythms of life
bodies snatched
carried off, places
unseen, unimagined.
Wings float uplifted
her face in sleep
serene, feline.
Night’s morphine drip
edges into sleep
dreams of her touch
closes eyes
to phoenix’s ascension.

Louis Faber is a poet living in Florida. His work has appeared widely in the U.S., Europe and Asia, as well as in Constellations, Alchemy Spoon (U.K.), Arena Magazine (Australia), Dreich, Atlanta Review, The Poet (U.K.), Glimpse, Defenestration, New Feathers Anthology, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, North of Oxford, Rattle, Pearl, Midstream, European Judaism, The South Carolina Review and Worcester Review, among many others, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A book, The Right to Depart was published by Plain View Press.