Socratic Dialogue
A moment, transfix the eye,
kindle this light from distances unknown.
Draw a line on the ground
to signify your plight.
The flying creatures will alight your
yearnings with vague temperance.
Too much is too little in the embrace
of the gods.
Collaborate and make a show for
arrangement.
The simple fold for simple flock,
clan and clash, this rapid speed, dexterity
of dream.
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Solitude’s Edge
Faceless, hidden
The dark edge of solitude
where Mourning
sits silently
(o prophet,
the bridge,
the beaming light
over this placid
sense,
absorb me!)
In serenity,
I hear the echoes
of dream
shield me from
the shouting
in darkness where I dance
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Dustin Pickering is founder of Transcendent Zero Press. He has contributed writing to The Huffington Post, Café Dissensus Everyday, The Statesman (India), Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, The Colorado Review, World Literature Today, and several other publications. He placed in the top 100 out of 12,500 entries for the erbacce prize in 2021, and was a finalist in Adelaide Literary Journal’s first short fiction contest. He hosts the popular interview series World Inkers Network on Youtube.
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