Today by Heather Sage

Today, Death,

I see your translucent wind

blowing through the solemn pines

and a garden’s chalice-headed

pink poppy flowers. 

Tonight, Life, 

I swig double-malt scotch

in the front-room of a sordid 

lounge—

the liquor glazes my mouth

and stomach

as I open my book 

to a fevered drawing 

of a harlequin and clown.

Heather Sager has contributed to numerous journals, most recently StepAway, Magma, ActiveMuse (Pushcart nomination), and more, and a few anthologies, most recently Our Changing Earth Vol 1 from THE POET. Heather lives in Illinois.