Allen Seward
the old and new dead
pass flowers
from mouth to mouth
the boneyard rubs together
we living ones live only
for a while
we trade our newspapers and cigarettes in
for roses to clench in our teeth
the mingling is almost a dance
someone says you can see Venus
in the sky tonight
but no one looks
you only fall for that trick
once.
Allen Seward is a poet from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. His work has appeared in Scapegoat Review, DEDpoetry, Pandemonium Journal, and miniMAG, among others. His chapbook sway condor is published by Alien Buddha Press. He currently resides in WV with his partner and four cats.
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