Issue 11
Roam
Arlene Ang
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After the Storm
Wet leaves
camp on asphalt
like gypsies
spreading in ambush.
With sticky hands,
they plant
veins into soles
of passing shoes,
hitch rides even
with the lowest winds,
invade houses with
foliate mud
and sleep anywhere
but in trash-baskets.
~Arlene Ang
Arlene Ang lives in Venice, Italy where she edits the Italian Niederngasse. Her poetry has recently appeared in Absinthe Literary Review (2002 Eros & Thanatos Prize Winner), Sidereality and Red Booth Review. Email.
© 2003 by Arlene Ang. All Rights Reserved.
© Copyright 2003 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.