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Red light laser beams.

Dot by Lia Purpura

February 15, 2023

Empurpled, if caught in the gloaming, before the beam sharpens against true night and reddens the dot into super clarity.

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In Print, Nonfiction Tags Lia Purpura, 2013 fall vol. 6 issue 2, print, Throwback, 2023 February, Nonfiction
A woman suffering from insomnia, in bed, bedsheets up to her neck.

Mockingbird by Lia Purpura

February 15, 2023

Plain bird whose one song is all songs. / Who accompanied me once / while I waited and waited and no call came / and who, for god's sake, will not stop singing now.

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In Poetry, Print Tags 2009 spring vol. 2 issue 1, Mockinbgbird, Lia Purpura, poems, Poetry, Throwback, Archive, print, 2023 February

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