higher archetype
kristine ong muslim
Subtly seductive
Tints of gray and star-
Shines mar your passing
So that you become a mere blur
Under the spotlight.
You weave a world to behold
Whenever you sleep
And nothing is left of it
But the rubble of haunted cities
And cold husks of deserted homes.
There is nothing to recover from,
No hope of building and rebuilding
Your fallen race,
No memory of what they have done
To the stars
That seek out your birth.
this piece first appeared in Journal # 13, spring 2005
about the author
Kristine Ong Muslim has more than three hundred stories and poems published and forthcoming in mostly genre magazines and anthologies. Her poems have been published or will appear in Adbusters (Canada), Bleeding Quill, FireWeed, Free Verse, GUD Magazine, Megaera, The Pedestal Magazine, T-Zero, and elsewhere.
With Aurelio Rico Lopez III she co-wrote Oddities, an illustrated chapbook collection of poems for children published by Sam's Dot Publishing. To order a copy, go to Project Pulp or The Genre Mall.
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