Dead Reckoning
by Melanie Browne

A cold white
sacrifice,

we collide in 
dreams 
as the icy chill
surrounds us

you are the iceberg,

a phantom red
smudge runs along
your wretched side

 

MELANIE BROWNE spends a lot of time reading ghost stories and looking for orbs. Her work can be seen or is forthcoming at Word Riot, Glossolalia, 34th Parallel, Yellow Mama, Gutter Eloquence, and other online zines. She is a coeditor at Leaf Garden Press. She lives in Texas with her husband and three children.

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