Well
maybe you should start
by asking
the right fucking questions.
But then again maybe not
the truth is out there
if you look hard enough
but we never do
we just keep fucking up
stumbling and bumbling
through lives lived on the edge
aloof, detached, fragmented
lurking in the dank shadows
where cragged crevices creep
relentlessly ruthless
like in the dark corner
where the naked women
gather
as the gas
descends…
Mark writes fiction and poetry. He has a BA in English from the University of Illinois and a BS and MBA. He lives on the north shore in the Chicago area.
George L Stein is a photographer in the New Jersey/NYC area focused on art, street, urban decay, surreal, and alt/portrait photography. He has previously been published in a number of literary magazines such as Beyond Words, Juste Milleiuzine, and NUNUM.
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