Palmyra
"Asesinado Por El Cielo"
And the days separate
the eyes
from its wounds
you find a child gathering
the ancient footprints
that child carving
his own image
on the rock
the silence festers
like shrapnel
the light has enough room
to navigate
now
the vulture is present
at all points
of departure
but
the sky is just
a canvas of diamonds
the daggers
are here on the ground
Simon Anton Niño Diego Baena spends his spare time on the road with his wife, Xandy. His poems have appeared in The Cortland Review, The Bitter Oleander, Catamaran Literary Reader, Osiris, Caliban, Cider Press Review, and forthcoming in Chiron Review, and Skidrow Penthouse. His chapbook, The Blood is Within the Architecture (PAWN) will be out this year.
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