something altogether unbelievable by Jeff Flesch

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something altogether unbelievable
by Jeff Flesch
[author’s site]

the iridescent
lamp
casts a shadow
over the carnage
seen, within the myriad
of moments
taken away from me

as

life
is illuminated
too slowly,
casting a net
over the protruding
masses
of fibers and tissues
fallen from the sky
with so many bloody issues

and, then

failure
becomes imminent,
quickly outpacing
the need,
showing up
again and again,
making my heart grimace
as pain radiates
through the entirety
of my beingness

while
broken filaments
of being,
find the little
light left available,
and radiate love
towards
each other
with every bit
of their particles
left unassailable

and,

all at once
love coalesces
every
bit of brokenness, and
the entirety
of my being
becomes something
altogether
unbelievable

@Jeff Flesch

ABOUT US 

Welcome to MasticadoresUSA.

MasticadoresUSA was founded by Juan Re Crivello as part of Gobblers/Masticadores in 2021. Its current editor is Gabriela Marie Milton.

MasticadoresUSA features talented writers of poetry and short prose. We primarily publish writers who write in English, and are based in the USA. However, while the publication language remains English, we also welcome the work of our fellow writers from all over the world.

What do we want to bring to our readers? Edgar Allan Poe once wrote: Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. This is what we are committed to bringing to you. And that’s not an easy endeavor. 

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES 

If you want to submit, please send your work – poetry and/or short prose – to gabrielamariemilton@gmail.com. In addition to the piece(s), you want to have published, we need your name, and the address of your site. Submit your work as a docx attachment – not in the body of the email. Limit your submission to two pieces.  We do not accept pieces longer than 300 words.

What are the themes that we are looking for? Surprise us!

However, MasticadoresUSA does not publish any work that contains racist, homophobic, sexist, and hate talk of any kind.

Looking forward to your submissions.