
noir at the heart of murder
there is
some kind
of magnifying glass
we put ourselves under,
a way to keep safe distances,
keeping
everybody else’s
best interest in mind,
in case
what we happen to find
is too raw to set our gaze upon,
too unsettling to experience,
too sinister to prod, yet,
too bloodied
to leave unrefined,
peering
from behind the lens of night,
equipped with primal senses,
that, by way of no
methodological pretenses,
know just how to
zero in on, and relish,
the fresh specimen, or, kill
I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, a great place for inspiration! I have been previously published in The Blue Nib, The Ramingo’s Porch, Sirens Call Ezine, Medusa’s Kitchen, and the San Pedro Review as well as the anthology, Masks Still Aren’t Enough (2018). I recently participated in the Jane Austen Literary Fest (2017, 2018, &2019, upcoming) as a part of a panel of poets and currently attend various writing groups in Louisiana, including: Poets Alive, Into The Woods, and Bayou Writers.