as the
rain tap
dances
on the
rooftop
hot sheet
lightning
flares, un-
shadows
the silhou-
ettes of
war: a
defeated
mattress
and its
conquer-
ors, two
lovers
washing
down the
aftermath
the city
outside
roiling
with the
barking
of angels
in the
1am sky
as we
watch
the
rain
come
down
and the
red wine
sings
Jack T. Marlowe is a gentleman rogue from Dallas, TX. A writer of poetry and fiction and a veteran of the open mic, his work has appeared in A Handful of Dust, Thunder Sandwich, Rusty Truck, Red Fez, The Vein, Zombie Logic Review and many other zines (both online and in print). Jack is also the editor/webmeister of Gutter Eloquence Magazine.
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