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Where He Lives

Those who scale the black mountain where He lives return charred and faceless, their fine outfits tattered funeral clothes. We bury them in our yards. The soil hums. The bushes glow and throb. And from the light comes choir sounds, mangled, and rusted harps, until the light speaks no more.

Robert Kloss is the author of HOW THE DAYS OF LOVE & DIPHTHERIA (Mud Luscious Press/Nephew) and THE ALLIGATORS OF ABRAHAM (Mud Luscious Press, 2012). He is found online at rkbirdsofprey.blogspot.com.