Wayne F. Burke
Wayne F. Burke's poetry has appeared in a wide variety of publications. He had published six full-length poetry collections, most recently DIFLUCAN (BareBack Press, 2019).
he and sister’s souls black
as soot,
they would burn together
in the flaming pit.
digging down seven years
to my triple bypass
the bloody remnants
of that trip under lights
until cops came with their shining blue
light and
we ran
into the backyard shadows--
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