Here now is the object of no one's desire.
At the weight of our ashes, the walkways
tremble under our feet.
Dream us a sentimental code
from an otherwise fast life.
Here now is the dark eye
of the smallest of gods. It flickers red,
consumes, and spits back. Receives us.
The Arrival of Fire
by Kristine Ong Muslim
Author’s Bio
Kristine Ong Muslim's stories and poems have been published or are forthcoming in over three hundred publications worldwide. Her work has appeared in Adbusters, Audience, Beeswax Magazine, Bellevue Literary Review, Grasslimb, Knockout, Narrative Magazine, Pank, Pearl, and The Pedestal Magazine. She has received several Honorable Mentions in Year's Best in Fantasy and Horror as well as three nominations for the Pushcart Prize and one for the Rhysling Award.
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