Photo by Folco Masi
All bright in stonework:
polished, immaculate and
winter soaked.
It comes on, rushing,
dreams in the windy room
made of open windows
and dying breaths.
With kingdom come and
the traffic flow,
glasses tinged modern
with sculptor’s care
in 1973.
Still and begin ahead, looping
music boxes to tune of
shuffled loafers with nothing
to prove in holding.
Sounds pass, no stopping,
against skin points in tight switch
harmony, rummaging around
in dust, Clark Bar wrappers
for lying proof across
walls in nameplate etching:
Something great, because useful,
here once stood.
The Author
Carter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, Canada currently resident in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. His work has appeared in such publications as The Smart Set, Contemporary Verse 2 and A Midwestern Review, amongst others. He was a 2018 Harrison Middleton University Ideas Fellow. His latest collection of poems, Places to Be, is currently available from Moonstone Arts Press.
Carter Vance
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