by Stephanie Gunnz
FEAST OF SAINT BASIL
She wore only a t-shirt
and her long hair down,
boiling water for coffee.
Bake the rich bread with a coin inside
I watched her bare legs
from my uneven chair,
swam the dark red clouds of her voice,
the fog of New Year’s day,
the fog of the hills beyond,
and the fog of the future.
Choir up the thieves and fallen virgins
The cup of coffee she brings collapses
the planetarium of my desire
to reveal the actual sky.
Matthew Wenger was born in Laporte, Indiana in 1966. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and has worked as a bookseller, delivery driver, ice cream vendor, sous chef, night watchman, hotel clerk and schoolteacher. He writes fiction and poetry and lives in Bloomington, Indiana. https://www.instagram.com/rubbercementpond
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Stephanie Gunnz is artist, lyricist and poet from Slovakia. Her work is mostly inspired by dreams or daydreams. She makes art for about 15 years now but just recently she started to publish her work in online magazines.